Lisa M. Holmes

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science

The University of Vermont

540 Old Mill

94 University Place

Burlington, VT 05405-0114

Email: Lisa.M.Holmes@uvm.edu

Phone: 802-656-4475

Fax: 802-656-0758

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Select Publications

Lower Federal Court Judicial Confirmation Fights: A Critical Review of the Empirical Literature and Future Research Directions (2014)

The Confirmation Obstacle Course: Signaling Opposition through Delay (2012)

Neither Gone Nor Forgotten: Evaluating the Potential Impact of Senior Status Judges on the U.S. Courts of Appeals (2012)

Why Go Public? Presidential Use of Nominees to the U.S. Courts of Appeals (2008)

Religious Affiliation, Personal Beliefs, and the President's Framing of Judicial Nominees (2008)

Presidential Strategy in the Judicial Appointment Process: Going Public in Support of Nominees to the U.S. Courts of Appeals (2007)

Outsider Participation and Influence in Judicial Confirmation Hearings, 1979-2004 (2007)

Recent Courses

POLS 021: The American Political System

POLS 121: Law and Politics

POLS 122: Constitutional Law: Government Powers

POLS 138: Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties

POLS 220: Topics in Law

POLS 235/GSWS 258: Gender and Law