02836nam 2200589Ia 450 991082247680332120240313192042.01-299-45342-21-4422-0155-X(CKB)2550000001018659(EBL)1165064(SSID)ssj0000906584(PQKBManifestationID)11496060(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000906584(PQKBWorkID)10855057(PQKB)10035520(MiAaPQ)EBC1165064(Au-PeEL)EBL1165064(CaPaEBR)ebr10685414(CaONFJC)MIL476592(OCoLC)842892938(EXLCZ)99255000000101865920090704d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierConfirmation wars preserving independent courts in angry times /Benjamin WittesUpdated 2009 ed.Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield ;Stanford, Calif. Published in cooperation with Hoover Institution20091 online resourceHoover studies in politics, economics, and societyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4422-0154-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-159) and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword to the 2009 Edition; 1. Introduction; 2. An Unsatisfying Debate; 3. The Transformation of Judicial Confirmations; 4. The Threat to Independent Courts; 5. Conclusion: A Confirmation Process for Angry Times; Acknowledgments; Notes; IndexIn 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 the nastiness of contemporary politics.Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society.JudgesSelection and appointmentUnited StatesJudicial powerUnited StatesJudgesSelection and appointmentJudicial power347.73/14Wittes Benjamin1595721MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822476803321Confirmation wars4038494UNINA