The Effects of Filibuster Change on Judicial Appointments and Voting

• In Event: Confirming U.S. Federal Judges

Brief Overview

Using the 2013 elimination of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate for lower federal court judicial nominations as a natural experiment, we consider the effects of filibuster change on judicial appointments and voting.

Authors

• Jonathan R. Nash, Emory University

• Joanna Shepherd, Emory University School of Law