Confirmation wars : preserving independent courts in angry times /

Washington Post editorial writer Benjamin Wittes examines the degradation of the judicial nominations process over the past fifty years up to the present-including the recent confirmation of Justices Roberts and Alito. Drawing on years of reporting on judicial nominations, he explains how the proces...

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Main Author: Wittes, Benjamin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Stanford, Calif. : Rowman & Littlefield ; Published in cooperation with Hoover Institution, ©2006.
Series:Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society
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Table of Contents:
  • An unsatisfying debate
  • The transformation of judicial confirmations
  • The threat to independent courts
  • A confirmation process for angry times.