Merit Selection and Politics: Choosing a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Authors

Peter G. Fish, Duke Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1979

Abstract

With lightning rapidity the Senate confirmed on August 11, 1978, President Carter's July 20th nomination of J. Dickson Phillips as Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Citation

Peter G. Fish, Merit Selection and Politics: Choosing a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 15 Wake Forest Law Review 635-654 (1979)