LEADER 03417nam 22006612 450 001 9910790700903321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-139-89191-X 010 $a1-107-27211-4 010 $a1-107-50265-9 010 $a1-107-27420-6 010 $a1-139-62645-0 010 $a1-107-27869-4 010 $a1-107-27544-X 010 $a1-107-27746-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001115136 035 $a(EBL)1303749 035 $a(OCoLC)857364836 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000983699 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12467134 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000983699 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11010607 035 $a(PQKB)11324451 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139626453 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1303749 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10752975 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL515438 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1303749 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001115136 100 $a20121120d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSupreme Court confirmation hearings and constitutional change /$fPaul M. Collins, Jr., University of North Texas, Lori A. Ringhand, University of Georgia$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 296 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-03970-3 311 $a1-299-84187-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tA confirmation process worth celebrating --$tHow it works : the nuts and bolts of the confirmation process --$tPublic opinion and precedent at confirmation hearings --$tAn issue-by-issue look at the hearings --$tThe discussion of precendent at the hearings --$tConfirmation conditions --$tThe 104th justice --$tCurrently contested constitutional questions --$tOur constitution. 330 $aBefore Supreme Court nominees are allowed to take their place on the High Court, they must face a moment of democratic reckoning by appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Despite the potential this holds for public input into the direction of legal change, the hearings are routinely derided as nothing but empty rituals and political grandstanding. In this book, Paul M. Collins and Lori A. Ringhand present a contrarian view that uses both empirical data and stories culled from more than seventy years of transcripts to demonstrate that the hearings are a democratic forum for the discussion and ratification of constitutional change. As such, they are one of the ways in which 'We the People' take ownership of the Constitution by examining the core constitutional values of those permitted to interpret it on our behalf. 517 3 $aSupreme Court Confirmation Hearings & Constitutional Change 606 $aJudges$xSelection and appointment$zUnited States 606 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States 615 0$aJudges$xSelection and appointment 615 0$aConstitutional law 676 $a347.73/2634 700 $aCollins$b Paul M.$cJr,$096132 702 $aRinghand$b Lori A. 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790700903321 996 $aSupreme Court confirmation hearings and constitutional change$93707565 997 $aUNINA