Judicial Process in America: Edition 13

Robert A. Carp is professor of political science at the University of Houston. He is coauthor of Policymaking and Politics in the Federal Courts; Politics and Judgment in Federal District Courts; the Federal Courts, fourth edition, with Ronald Stidham; and numerous articles on judicial process.

Kenneth L. Manning is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is coauthor with Robert A. Carp and Ronald Stidham of The Federal Courts (Fifth Edition) and The State Courts, and coeditor of Political Perspectives: Essays on Government and Politics. Manning′s work on the politics of judicial decision-making and federal judicial selection have been published in a variety of journals.

Professor Holmes specializes in judicial politics, constitutional law, gender and law, and American politics. Her research focuses on various issues surrounding the politics of appointing federal and state court judges. Her recent work on how presidents use judicial nominees to court favor with their partisan supporters and interested groups has been published in Presidential Studies Quarterly, American Politics Research, and the Drake Law Review. Her current project examines the implications of politicized appointment politics on the careers and attitudes of judicial nominees.

Jennifer Bowie is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Richmond. Her research and teaching focuses on judicial decision making and behavior on the U.S. and comparative courts. She is a co-author of The View from the Bench and Chambers: Examining Judicial Process and Decision Making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Her work has been published in a number of journals and edited volumes including The Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, and the Journal of Law and Courts.