CHRISTOPHER E. SMITH is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Akron in Ohio. He is the author of seven books on the judiciary including United States Magistrates in the Federal Courts (Praeger, 1990) and Justice Antonin Scalia and the Supreme Court's Conservative Moment (Praeger, forthcoming, 1994).

• Preface Critical Judicial Nominations Critical Judicial Nominations in American History Justice Thomas and the Supreme Court The Thomas Hearings as the Catalyst for Political Mobilization Political Mobilization in the Aftermath of the Thomas Nomination Controversy Conclusion Select Bibliography Index