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Recent Publications

Fall 2005 CCR & VALREC Newsletter (pdf)

Winter 2005 CCR & VALREC Newsletter (pdf)

Spring 2005 CCR & VALREC Newsletter (pdf)

Democrats looking for Goodlatte challenger
Lynchburg News and Advance — Lynchburg, VA, USA, Wednesday, May 24, 2006
... Stephen Bragaw, associate professor of government at SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE, said it is late in the process for a candidate to emerge.
...FULL STORY >

Council Candidate Pool Getting Crowded
WSET Channel 13 - Wednesday February 15, 2006 7:18pm Reporter: Jeremy Mills Posted By: Jeff Taylor... "Political analyst Stephen Bragaw tends to agree with Councilman Helgeson. Stephen Bragaw, Government Professor - "It's reflecting that the public feels there are problems with the City Council and this is a way to get some positive change hopefully."....FULL STORY>

All eyes of court today on Kansas
Kansas City Star (MO)
... “It’s Broadway, it’s the big show, the Super Bowl, the World Series,” said Barbara Perry, a professor at Virginia’s Sweet Briar College and an author ... FULL STORY>

Liberals aim to stir a fight over Alito  
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI)
"The role they most often want to play is to define the terms of political debate," Brandenburg said of the groups. "I would say they have just not had as many opportunities to do that this time."Barbara Perry, a government professor at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, agreed. "People were so concerned at the role of interest groups in this process after Bork,".........FULL STORY >

Warner Also Considered a Winner in the Election
WSET Channel 13– Lynchburg, VA, USA … Currently ... Steve Bragaw, associate professor of government at Sweet Briar College, discusses implications of Tim Kaine's gubernatorial race victory....FULL STORY >

Focus on Supreme Court at Schupf Lecture
Cazenovia College, New York
Dr. Barbara A. Perry will discuss the personalities and ideologies
of the U.S. Supreme Court at College’s Sixth Annual Schupf Lecture......Full Story>

Campaign Steps Up More, Race Too Close to Call
WSET Channel 13 – Lynchburg, VA, USA … Steve Bragaw, associate professor of government at Sweet Briar College, weighs in on whether President Bush's visit to Richmond will help Jerry Kilgore in Virginia's race for governor....FULL STORY >

Only one local house race is challenged
Lynchburg News and Advance – Lynchburg, VA, USA …
Stephen Bragaw, director of the Virginia Law-Related Education Center at Sweet Briar College, said by creating safe seats, politicians eliminate campaign negativity that people complain about...FULL STORY >

Executive Director, Barbara Perry is a frequent media consultant. Most recently, her expertise has been sought concerning the Supreme Court nominations of John G. Roberts, Harriet Miers, and Samuel Alito.

Alito Could Be 5th Catholic on Current Supreme Court
New Yor Times, November 1, 2005
"This would add a whole new meaning to the Catholic rite of confirmation," said Barbara A. Perry, a Supreme Court expert at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. "This would mean that the religion factor no longer matters."
...FULL STORY >

Nominee holds long, conservative track record
The Daily Tar Heel, November 1, 2005
... Barbara Perry, a professor of government at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, said Republican senators were looking for a hard-core conservative in ideology and
... FULL STORY >

USA Today – Washington, DC, USA …
Barbara Perry, a political science professor at Sweet Briar College who has written extensively on nomination politics, says that with today's 'round-the-clock media cycles, casting nominees in an effective message is much of the battle.
...FULL STORY >

A History of Diversity on the High Court
National Public Radio, Weekend Edition, Oct. 8, 2005…
Professor Barbara Perry of Sweet Briar College tells Scott Simon the makeup of the Supreme Court has always reflected political realities. And she maintains justices have usually brought a surprising diversity of experience....FULL STORY >

Questions abound surrounding O'Connor's final session and Miers' future challenges
Published on October 4, 2005, Page A6, Kansas City Star, The (MO)
"You'll see Democrats requesting materials," said Barbara Perry, a government professor at Sweet Briar College who has interviewed most current Supreme Court justices. "But I don't think they'll see much."
FULL STORY >

Schools celebrate Constitution Day
Lynchburg News and Advance — Lynchburg, VA, USA
… Sweet Briar College government professors Barbara Perry and Steve Bragaw will present a public lecture, “The Supreme Court after Sandra Day O’Connor” at 4 p.m. Friday. ...
FULL STORY >

Professor pushes civics education
Lynchburg News and Advance — Lynchburg, VA, USA
... That is how long it will take a new civics education commission created by Del. James Dillard, R-Fairfax, to research the issue ...FULL STORY >

The Roberts nomination: Tipping the balance?
Indianapolis Star — Indianapolis, IN, USA
... Now that John Roberts Jr. is the Supreme Court nominee, the next step is Senate confirmation, a political exercise that at times in the past has turned into a partisan brawl ... FULL STORY

Politics always fair game in approving court nominees
The Journal Gazette — Fort Wayne, Ind., USA
... “[George] Washington’s most enduring legacy to the Supreme Court was the precedent he established in his selection criteria for the nomination of justices,” said Sweet Briar College Professor Barbara A. Perry ... FULL STORY >

Catholics and the Court
The New York Times — New York, USA
... Barbara Perry, an expert on the Supreme Court at Sweet Briar College, said that President Dwight Eisenhower carefully picked ... FULL STORY >