Robert A. Carp is professor of political science at the University of Houston. He is coauthor of Policymaking and Politics in the Federal Courts; Politics and Judgment in Federal District Courts; The Federal Courts, Fourth Edition, with Ronald Stidham; and numerous articles.
Ronald Stidham is professor of political science/criminal justice at Appalachian State University. He is coauthor with Robert A. Carp of The Federal Courts, Fourth Edition, and has written numerous articles on the federal courts.
Kenneth L. Manning is associate professor of politicalscience at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is coeditorof Political Perspectives: Essays on Government and Politics, and his works on the politics of judicial decision-making and federal judicialselection have been published in a variety of journals.