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In Confirmation Wars, Benjamin Wittes examines the degradation of the judicial nominations process over the past fifty years. Drawing on years of reporting on judicial nominations, including numerous interviews with nominees and sitting judges, he explains how the process has changed and how these c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wittes, Benjamin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Stanford, Calif. : Rowman & Littlefield ; Published in cooperation with Hoover Institution, 2009.
Edición:Updated 2009 ed.
Colección:Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society.
Temas:
Judges > Selection and appointment > United States.
Judicial power > United States.
Pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Judges > Selection and appointment.
Judicial power.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Confirmation Wars, Benjamin Wittes examines the degradation of the judicial nominations process over the past fifty years. Drawing on years of reporting on judicial nominations, including numerous interviews with nominees and sitting judges, he explains how the process has changed and how these changes threaten the independence of the courts. Getting beyond the partisan blame game that dominates most discussion of nominations, he argues that the process has changed as an institutional response by Congress to modern judicial power and urges basic reforms to better insulate the judiciary from.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 168 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-159) and index.
ISBN:9781442201552
144220155X

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