Research and Commentary

John Roberts Appoints Judges to More Than the FISA Court

August 8, 2013, Russell Wheeler

GOP Opposition to Judicial Nominations: What’s the Precedent?

June 13, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

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

June 11, 2013, Russell Wheeler

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

Strangeness at Guantanamo

January 29, 2013, Paul R. Pillar

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

January 28, 2013, Russell Wheeler

Putin's Artful Jurisprudence

January 2, 2013, William Partlett

Judicial Nominations and Confirmations in Obama’s First Term

December 13, 2012, Russell Wheeler

Egypt’s Democratic Dictator?

December 3, 2012, Omar Ashour

Are We All Copyright Infringers?

October 28, 2012, John Villasenor

Will Drones Outflank the Fourth Amendment?

September 20, 2012, John Villasenor

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

Judicial Confirmations: What Thurmond Rule?

March 19, 2012, Russell Wheeler

Trial Court Judges and Math, Senate Style

March 13, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

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

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

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

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

Confirming Evidence: The Breakdown in Advice and Consent

January 4, 2011, Sarah A. Binder

Judicial Nominations and Confirmations in the 111th Senate and What to Look For in the 112th

January 4, 2011, Russell Wheeler

Is Filtering Censorship? The Second Free Speech Tradition

December 27, 2010, Tim Wu

@ Brookings Podcast: Obama's Nominees to Federal Judgeships Lag

December 24, 2010, Russell Wheeler

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