| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Backgrounds | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research Questions and Arguments | 第13-15页 |
| ·Significance and Contribution of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| ·Methodologies and Oranization | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-28页 |
| ·The Studies of "Political Court" | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Studies of Senate Confirmation Vote on Supreme Court Justices Candidates | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Studies of Supreme Court Unanimity | 第22-23页 |
| ·Two Theories of Judicial Behavior | 第23-28页 |
| ·The Ideal of Absolute Judiciary Independency:The Legal Model | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Empirical Study of Judicial Politics:The Attitudinal Approach | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter 3 The Senate Confirmation Vote and Supreme Court Justices | 第28-40页 |
| ·Ideology, Qualification and Beyond:The Senate Voting on Obama's Supreme CourtNominees | 第28-32页 |
| ·A New Transformation?The Conventional Model Retested | 第32-36页 |
| ·Possible Explanations beyond the Attitudinal Model | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Unanimous and Five-four Decisions | 第40-51页 |
| ·Vote Split and the "Divided Court":An Inaccurate Impression | 第40-43页 |
| ·Ideological Split among 5-4 Decisions | 第43-51页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第51-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| ·Limitation and Direction for Further Research | 第52-54页 |
| Works Cited | 第54-60页 |
| Appendixes | 第60-66页 |
