All Articles tagged Senate

• General
  June 11, 2017 EDT
  JUSTICES DENIED: THE PECULIAR HISTORY OF REJECTED UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT NOMINEES
  Benjamin Pomerance

  The Senate has voted to reject the President’s nominee for the Supreme Court twelve times. This article examines each of these nominees and the factors surrounding their rejections.

• General
  June 11, 2017 EDT
  PRESIDENT-SHOPPING FOR A NEW SCALIA: THE ILLEGITIMACY OF “MCCONNELL MAJORITIES” IN SUPREME COURT DECISION-MAKING
  J. Stephen Clark

  This article argues that the Senate might have the constitutional power to impair the confirmation processbut that does not mean it should use it.

• General
  June 11, 2017 EDT
  JUDICIAL CONFIRMATION THROUGH THE LENS OF CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETIVE THEORY
  Aimee Brown

  This article looks to the role of theories of constitutional interpretation in the confirmation process.

• General
  January 01, 2012 EDT
  ADOPTING OHIO SENATE BILL 5: THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS
  Sheldon Gelman

  This article argues that the presidents‘ actions and words after SB 5 was passed were inconsistent with the traditional idea of shared university governance, and comported instead with the model...