Description

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Pathways to the U.S. Supreme Court is a quantitative-historical recapitulation of the routes taken to the US Supreme Court by the 112 Justices who were confirmed by the Senate and served, and the 28 others whose candidacies for confirmation were defeated, withdrawn, or declined.

About the Author

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Garrison Nelson is Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont, USA. He is the editor of the seven-volume Committees in the US Congress, 1789-2010 and co-author of The Austin-Boston Connection: Five Decades of House Democratic Leadership. He has been previously published in the American Political Science Review, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and is President of the New England and Northeastern Political Science Associations.