Kenneth L ManningKenneth L. Manning is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is coauthor with Robert A. Carp and Ronald Stidham of The Federal Courts (Fifth Edition) and The State Courts, an coeditor of Political Perspectives: Essays on Government and Politics. Manning′s work on the politics of judicial decision-making and federal judicial selection have been published in a variety of journals. Read More Read Less