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John Roberts Appoints Judges to More Than the FISA Court

August 8, 2013, Russell Wheeler

How Much of a Mark Can Obama Put on the Courts of Appeal?

June 11, 2013, Russell Wheeler

Appointing judges to existing vacancies is not court-packing. It's simply the way the system works. ... It's hard for me to believe that behind this so-called court efficiency proposal is not an effort to keep the court's active judgeships balanced with four Republican appointees and four Democratic appointees.

May 29, 2013, Russell Wheeler, http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/05/29/186952724/Senators-Tussle-Over-Unpacking-Key-D-C-Court

An Examination of the Judicial Conduct and Disability System

April 25, 2013, Russell Wheeler

What's Behind all Those Judicial Vacancies Without Nominees?

April 18, 2013, Russell Wheeler

Filling Judicial Vacancies In Obama's Second Term—Some Prospects

January 28, 2013, Russell Wheeler

Judicial Nominations and Confirmations in Obama’s First Term

December 13, 2012, Russell Wheeler

Whether you agree with it or not, the Supreme Court has become almost as much a political institution as it is a legal one...For one, the cases that come before the Court are very often politically charged. Furthermore, you have nine justices that are there for life and can, for all intents and purposes, act with impunity

October 1, 2012, Russell Wheeler, Erickson Tribune

Preview of New Supreme Court Term

September 28, 2012, Russell Wheeler

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The Case for Confirming District Court Judges

September 18, 2012, Russell Wheeler

Obama’s Judicial Confirmations at the Election Year Summer Recess, and Prospects for the Fall

August 2, 2012, Russell Wheeler

It's hard to know what explains the dearth of Obama nominees compared to recent predecessors, but I have to think that increased threats by home-state senators to withhold blue slips is part of the answer.

June 18, 2012, Russell Wheeler, National Law Journal

Supreme Court Hears Health Care Challenge

March 22, 2012, Russell Wheeler

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Web Chat: Supreme Court to Hear Health Care Law Challenge

March 21, 2012, Russell Wheeler

Judicial Confirmations: What Thurmond Rule?

March 19, 2012, Russell Wheeler

Judicial Nominations and Confirmations after Three Years—Where Do Things Stand?

January 13, 2012, Russell Wheeler

What’s So Hard About Regulating Supreme Court Justices’ Ethics? — A Lot

November 28, 2011, Russell Wheeler

Web Chat: Supreme Court Set to Rule on Health Care Reform Bill

November 16, 2011, Russell Wheeler

Web Chat: The Supreme Court and the Presidential Race

October 12, 2011, Russell Wheeler

@ Brookings Podcast: The Supreme Court and the Presidential Election

October 7, 2011, Russell Wheeler

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Options for Federal Judicial Screening Committees (Second Edition)

September 13, 2011, Rebecca Love Kourlis and Russell Wheeler

Regulating the Ethics of Supreme Court Justices?

March 21, 2011, Russell Wheeler

Government is now not doing its job, that's what it comes down to; it's just not filling these [judicial] vacancies in a timely manner.

March 4, 2011, Russell Wheeler, Judicial nominee logjam creates 'crisis' in some federal courts

Breaking the Judicial Nominations and Confirmations Logjam

February 28, 2011

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Do Judicial Emergencies Matter? Nomination and Confirmation Delay during the 111th Congress

February 16, 2011, Sarah A. Binder and Russell Wheeler