Dumbing Down the Courts - Podcast

What has caused the increased battles over judicial confirmations?  Which nominees have had the most difficult confirmations? Using the largest, most detailed data set on judicial confirmations ever assembled, a new book, Dumbing Down the Courts: How Politics Keeps the Smartest Judges off the Bench, shows that it is the smartest/most potentially influential nominees who have had by the far the most difficult time getting confirmed.

Featuring:

• Mr. Curt Levey, President and Executive Director, The Committee for Justice
• Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., Author, of Dumbing Down the Courts: How Politics Keeps the Smartest Judges off the Bench
• Moderator: Dean Reuter, Vice President and Director of Practice Groups, The Federalist Society

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