| The Changing Face of the Federal Judiciary
Wheeler, Russell
Governance Studies at Brookings, August 17, 2009, online edition, 17p
"With Justice Sonia Sotomayer confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court and President Obama set to fill a number of lower court vacancies, there is renewed attention on the demographic makeup of the U.S. judiciary. Russell Wheeler examines federal judicial demographic data from the Eisenhower administration to today. He concludes that while the face of the judiciary has markedly changed over the last 30 years, it hardly mirrors the general population."
Russell Wheeler studies the selection of U.S. judges and how courts function with other branches of government and the press, among other judicial topics.
Go to the article at:
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2009/08_federal_judiciary_wheeler/08_federal_judiciary_wheeler.pdf
C13/06-09. Posted October 19, 2009
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