CIAO DATE: 12/05

A Bias against the Best and Brightest

On the Issue
June 2005

John R. Lott Jr.

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Abstract

Statistical evidence indicates that qualifications, experience, and potential influence are far greater factors in delaying or rejecting judicial nominees than perceptions of extremism.

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