Supreme Court appointments : Judge Bork and the politicization of Senate confirmations /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vieira, Norman
Otros Autores: Gross, Leonard, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1998.
Temas:
Bork, Robert H.
United States. > Supreme Court > Officials and employees > Selection and appointment > History.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Fonctionnaires > Sélection et nomination > Histoire.
United States. > Supreme Court
Judges > Selection and appointment > United States > History.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
LAW > Government > Federal.
Judges > Selection and appointment
Political questions and judicial power
Law - U.S. - General.
Law - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • I. The Bork nomination 1.Exit Justice Powell 2.Enter Judge Bork 3.Battle lines form 4.The first crucial issue
  • II. Committee hearings 1.The judiciary committee 2.The ultimate stakes: controlling the direction of the court 3.The right of privacy: contraception, abortion, and sterilization 4.Civil rights 5.The reverend and the rabbi: church-state issues 6.Free speech 7.Ethical questions: Watergate revisited 8.The ABA 9.Other witnesses 10.The media company: polling and advertising in the confirmation process
  • III. Action by the Senate 1.Mounting pressure: the uncommitted senators 2.The struggle outside 3.The senate debate: battling for history's verdict 4.The new nominees: Ginsburg and Kennedy
  • IV. Judicial confirmations in the post-Bork era 1. Judge Souter: a stealth nominee 2.Clarence Thomas: round one 3.Clarence Thomas: enter Anita Hill 4.Judge Ginsburg: a democrat faces the confirmation process 5.Judge Breyer revisited 6.The Bork precedent: a search for meaning
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the authors.

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