Judicature, the Journal of AJS
May-June 2009, Volume 92, Number 6

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Contents:

Articles

W. Bush's judicial legacy: Mission accomplished
by Sheldon Goldman, a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst (Sheldon.goldman@polsci.umass.edu), Sara Schiavoni, an instructor in political science at John Carroll University (sschiavoni@jcu.edu), and Elliot Slotnick, a professor of political science at The Ohio State University and associate dean of the Graduate School (slotnick.1@gradsch.ohio-state.edu).

George W. Bush's legacy includes the appointment of like-minded Supreme Court justices and lower court judges selected by a process structured to achieve that result.

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George W. Bush's legacy on the federal bench: Policy in the face of diversity
by Jennifer Segal Diascro, an assistant professor in the Department of Government at American University (diascro@american.edu) and Rorie Spill Solberg, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Oregon State University (rorie.spillsolberg@oregonstate.edu).

While he valued diversity and considered it when making judicial appointments, Bush's legacy is more accurately described as one that emphasized ideological and policy considerations..

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The "Bush Twins"? Roberts, Alito, and the conservative agenda
by Barbara A. Perry, Carter Glass Professor in the Department of Government at Sweet Briar College (perry@sbc.edu).

In cases involving abortion, campaign finance reform, voting rights, Fourth Amendment protections, church-state issues, and public school integration, Roberts and Alito have pushed the high court to the more conservative position.

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Right on: The decision-making behavior of George W. Bush's judicial appointees
by Robert Carp, a professor of political science at the University of Houston (racarp@uh.edu), Kenneth L. Manning, an associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth (kmanning@umassd.edu), and Ronald Stidham, a professor emeritus in the Department of Government and Justice Studies at Appalachian State University (ronstidham@charter.net).

In terms of overall voting patterns, President Bush's judges are clearly the most conservative on record for all modern administrations.

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Advice and consent during the Bush years: The politics of confirming federal judges
by Sarah Binder, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and a professor of political science at George Washington University (sbinder@brookings.edu) and Forrest Maltzman, a professor of politcal science at George Washington University (forrest@gwu.edu)..

Polarization of advice and consent worsened over the Bush years, but was broadly consistent with the deterioration of judicial selection over the past several decades.

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Focus

The National Conference of State Trial Judges: Celebrating 50 Golden Years, planning for the next 50
by Stephanie Domitrovich, a judge on the Erie County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania (sdomitrovich@eriecountygov.org) and Michael J. Saks, Regents' Professor at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.

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Editorial

Return to the first principles of juvenile justice

The reduced decision-making capacity of juveniles, and the evidence that unregulated and far-reaching waiver policies do more harm than good, provide a rational basis for returning to the first principles of the juvenile court--intervention and avoiding harm--to restore the traditional borders of the juvenile justice system..

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President's Report

Recent events highlight AJS priorities  

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