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BL
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1012898
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b767268
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Lyles, Kevin L.,1959-
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The gatekeepers : : federal district courts in the political process /\ Kevin L. Lyles.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger,, 1997.
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1 online resource (x, 316 pages) :: illustrations
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0313025371
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: 9780313025372
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027596082X
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9780275960827
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-303) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Federal District Courts in the Political Process; 2. The Federal District Courts: Institutional and Functional Perspectives; 3. The Nomination and Appointment of Federal District Court Judges; 4. Presidential Agendas and Judicial Appointments: From Kennedy Democrats to Nixon Republicans, 1960-1976; 5. Presidential Agendas and Judicial Appointments: From Carter Democrats to Reagan Republicans, 1976-1988; 6. Presidential Agendas and Judicial Appointments: From Bush Republicans to Clinton Democrats, 1988-1996.
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There are more than 600 Federal district judges serving today, and they decide some 230,000 civil cases each year. About 90% of the decisions they reach are final. Lyles argues that these lower court judges not only influence the flow of information to the judicial hierarchy, but they formulate questions that influence how higher courts, including the Supreme Court, respond. As such they are key elements in the formulation and implementation of public policy. To cite a few examples, they desegregate school districts, run mental institutions and prisons, break up monopolies, and reapportion leg.
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District courts-- United States.
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Judges-- Selection and appointment-- United States.
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Political questions and judicial power-- United States.
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District courts.
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Judges-- Selection and appointment.
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LAW-- Government-- Federal.
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Political questions and judicial power.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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347.73/22
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KF8754.L95 1997eb
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