Judging Ideology: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings for Circuit Court Nominees, 1892 to the Modern Day

• In Event: Judicial Nominations and Confirmations

Brief Overview

I collect and analyze all Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for circuit court nominees from 1892 until the modern day to understand how senatorial assessment of the nominees has changed over time to produce a highly polarized confirmation process.

Author

• Matthew Allen Carr, Columbia University in the City of New York