Judicial Policy Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals
by
Susan B. Haire, Laura P. Moyer
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Until President Jimmy Carter launched an effort to diversify the lower federal courts, the U.S. courts of appeals had been composed almost entirely of white males. But by 2008, over a quarter of sitting judges were women and 15 percent were African American or Hispanic. Underlying the argument made...