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Subject(s)

• United States. Supreme Court—Officials and employees—Selection and appointment—History [Browse]
• Judges—Selection and appointment—United States—History [Browse]
• Political questions and judicial power—United States—History [Browse]

Series

Rhetoric and public affairs series [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-257) and index.

Contents

• Character and the constitution : politics in the Supreme Court confirmation process
• For the soul of the Supreme Court : the 1916 nomination of Louis D. Brandeis
• From property rights to human rights : the Hughes and Parker nominations of 1930
• The character of civil rights : the Thurgood Marshall nomination
• Nixon's southern strategy and the Haynsworth and Carswell nominations
• "Bork's America" : Supreme Court confirmations as political spectacle
• The future of Supreme Court confirmations : beyond Bork
• Epilogue : Of baseball analogies, crying spouses, and the erosion of advice and consent.

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ISBN

0870137697 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006002234

OCLC

63164956

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