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42 Hous. J. Int'l L. 1 (2019-2020)

handle is hein.journals/hujil42 and id is 1 raw text is: VETOING WTO APPELLATE BODY JUDGES' REAPPOINTMENTS: ANALYZING THE UNITED STATES' ACTIONS THROUGH NEO-REALIST LENSES Kelsey I. Cox* INTRODUCTION ................................................................................2 I. THE APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT PROCESS OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION'S APPELLATE BODY .............5 II. THE UNITED STATES' HISTORY OF BLOCKING JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS................................8 A. Jennifer Hillman (2011) and James Gathii (2013) ......8 B. Seung Wha Chang (2016).............................................11 C. Shree Baboo Chekitan Servansing (2018)...................14 III. EXAMINING THE UNITED STATES' VETOING ACTS THROUGH NEO-REALIST LENSES ........................................17 A. Methodology: Neo-Realist Paradigm ...........................17 B. Seung Wha Chang's Blocked Reappointment (2016) ............................................................................20 1. The United States' Role in the Anarchical International System.............................................20 2. The United States' Key National Trade Interests and Goals Prior to Vetoing Chang's R eappointm ent .................................................. 22 a. Rigorous Trade Enforcement ............................22 b. Protecting American Jobs and Domestic Industries...................................................... 25 *Kelsey Cox is a licensed attorney and law librarian. J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law (2017); M.L.I.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2018). 1