Alma Matters: The Influence of Shared Educational Backgrounds on Judicial Confirmations

• In Event: Interbranch Relations

Brief Overview

Using a dataset linking the educational histories of federal judges along with the biographical and roll-call records of U.S. senators, we test whether shared undergraduate alma maters and/or law school alma maters influence the confirmation process.

Authors

• Christine C Bird, Oklahoma State University, Main Campus

• Ryan DeTamble, Oklahoma State University

• Zachary A McGee, Kenyon College