Thursday, February 18, 2016
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM (ET)
Case Center Intercultural Center
Event Type
Lecture
Contact
Department
Government
Link
http://ems.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=13317
James Sieja, Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, presents a talk titled "Justice Passes: Confirmation and Constitutional
Politics in the 2016 Election." A few questions he will cover include:
- How does Justice Scalia's death fit with historical departures
from the Court?
- How do political scientists think about confirmation politics in
"normal" times? How is this vacancy different?
- What possible implications does the vacancy have for the 2016
presidential election?