Variable catalogVariable MC04 detail
M Orientation to politics
MC General political knowledge
How Supreme Court justices are chosen
Schedule
Nat RCS
5/12/08 11/3/08
To the best of your knowledge, do you happen to know how Supreme Court justices are chosen? Are they nominated by a nonpartisan congressional committee, elected by the American people, nominated by the president and then confirmed by the Senate, or appointed if they receive a two-thirds majority vote of the justices already on the court?
[Probe if don't know:] Anything come to mind?
1
Nominated by congressional committee
2
Elected
3
Nominated by president and confirmed by Senate
4
Appointed by two-thirds of justices
998
Don't know
999
No answer
See also MC04a for don't know prompt.
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MC04
1 4, 998, 999
3