Legislative Institutions / Legislative Institutions

Andrew O Ballard, American University

A Court of Not-Quite-Last Resort: Institutional and Electoral Influences on the Creation of the Federal Court of Claims - John Baughman, Bates College

Alternative Facts? Reports and Dissents in Congressional Investigations - John I. Hanley, University of Central Florida

Booster Seats: New Committee Chairs and Legislative Effectiveness - Jonathan Lewallen, The University of Tampa

Hearing Black Voices: Minority Representation in Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings - John D. Rackey, University of Oklahoma; Periloux C. Peay, University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus

Who Chooses to be a Partisan Warrior: Evidence from Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate Confirmation - Jeremy Gelman, University of Nevada, Reno

Nicole Kalaf-Hughes, Bowling Green State University-Main Campus