Judicious choices: the new politics of Supreme Court confirmations

The announcement of Justice Blackman's retirement from the Supreme Court could have hurled the president, the Senate, and American society into a potentially divisive search for a new nominee to the Court. Rather than simply choosing the best possible candidate, the president instead compiles l...

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1. Verfasser: Silverstein, Mark (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York u.a. Norton 1994
Ausgabe:1. ed., updated college ed.
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Zusammenfassung:The announcement of Justice Blackman's retirement from the Supreme Court could have hurled the president, the Senate, and American society into a potentially divisive search for a new nominee to the Court. Rather than simply choosing the best possible candidate, the president instead compiles lists and weighs the political cost of pushing each candidate through the Senate and on to the Court
Mark Silverstein's Judicious Choices: The New Politics of Supreme Court Confirmations takes a close look at the politics behind the confirmation process and the transformations of this process from a simple voice vote of the Senate to a tortured political spectacle
The televised confirmation hearings on the nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court captivated public attention and were among the most noteworthy domestic events in recent years. They were, however, only the most spectacular examples of the new politics of Supreme Court confirmations
Beschreibung:X, 192 S.
ISBN:0393964493

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