John M. Scheb is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he specializes in public law and the judicial process. He has authored numerous articles in professional journals and coauthored several highly regarded criminal justice textbooks. Hemant K. Sharma is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he teaches courses on American government, public law, and the judicial process. His published research has appeared in a number of journals, and he has coauthored several textbooks.