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Article: PROMOTION OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGES TO THE U.S. COURTS OF APPEALS: EXPLAINING PRESIDENT REAGAN'S PROMOTIONS OF HIS OWN APPOINTEES*
- Article from:
- Justice System Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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CopyrightCopyright National Center for State Courts 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Promotions through the ranks of the federal courts account for many of the president's nominees to the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Features of the district court judge that influence whether the president will promote the judge or rule out consideration of the judge include the judge's party, race, and gender. The judge's age, ABA rating at the time of appointment to the district court, length of tenure on the district court bench, the judge's voting record (the ideological direction of the judge's decisions), and support for the federal government are also hypothesized to influence the president's promotion decision. The records of district judges appointed by President Reagan whom he later ...