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Over the past two decades, the United States has seen an intense debate about the composition of the federal judiciary. Are judges activists? Should they stop legislating from the bench? Are they abusing their authority? Or are they protecting fundamental rights, in a way that is indispensable in a free society? Are Judges Political? cuts through the noise by looking at what judges actually do. Drawing on a unique data set consisting of thousands of judicial votes, Cass Sunstein and his colleagues analyze the influence of ideology on judicial voting, principally in the courts of appeal. They focus on two questions: Do judges appointed by Republican Presidents vote differently from Democratic appointees in ideologically contested cases? And do judges vote differently depending on the ideological leanings of the other judges hearing the same case? After examining votes on a broad range of issues--including abortion, affirmative action, and capital punishment--the authors do more

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    A Paperback by Cass R. Sunstein, David Schkade, Lisa Ellman

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 6/8/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815733171, 978-0815733171
      ISBN10: 0815733178

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      Over the past two decades, the United States has seen an intense debate about the composition of the federal judiciary. Are judges activists? Should they stop legislating from the bench? Are they abusing their authority? Or are they protecting fundamental rights, in a way that is indispensable in a free society? Are Judges Political? cuts through the noise by looking at what judges actually do. Drawing on a unique data set consisting of thousands of judicial votes, Cass Sunstein and his colleagues analyze the influence of ideology on judicial voting, principally in the courts of appeal. They focus on two questions: Do judges appointed by Republican Presidents vote differently from Democratic appointees in ideologically contested cases? And do judges vote differently depending on the ideological leanings of the other judges hearing the same case? After examining votes on a broad range of issues--including abortion, affirmative action, and capital punishment--the authors do more

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