An examination of the quantitative trends in the judicial confirmation process.

Both Republicans and Democrats complain about the difficulty of confirming their nominees for judicial posts, but there has been no systematic study of this problem. A recent paper by John R. Lott Jr. examines all the District and Appeals Court nominations made from the beginning of Jimmy Carter's administration through...

The satisfaction from the show of bipartisanship on the Eisen confirmation lasted a good five minutes.

Elena Kagan's inability to understand the limited judicial role implied by the Constitution combined with her complete lack of experience, sparse academic writings, and deliberately evasive testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee makes her unfit to serve on the Supreme Court.

Democrats are politicizing the judicial process, while the American public prefers an impartial Supreme Court.

Elena Kagan is continuing the process of Supreme Court nominees saying as little as possible in confirmation hearings, despite her past statements that the hearing process has become a sham.

It is the smartest nominees--who would become the most influential judges, not the most ideological ones--who face the most difficult confirmations.

Senate Democrats have destroyed the confirmation process; Republicans should try the Democrats' tactics to return the Supreme Court to the original meaning and purpose of the Constitution.