Supreme Court confirmation hearings and constitutional change / / Paul M. Collins, Jr., University of North Texas, Lori A. Ringhand, University of Georgia
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| Autore: |
Collins Paul M., Jr
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| Titolo: |
Supreme Court confirmation hearings and constitutional change / / Paul M. Collins, Jr., University of North Texas, Lori A. Ringhand, University of Georgia
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 296 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 347.73/2634 |
| Soggetto topico: | Judges - Selection and appointment - United States |
| Constitutional law - United States | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | RinghandLori A. |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | A confirmation process worth celebrating -- How it works : the nuts and bolts of the confirmation process -- Public opinion and precedent at confirmation hearings -- An issue-by-issue look at the hearings -- The discussion of precendent at the hearings -- Confirmation conditions -- The 104th justice -- Currently contested constitutional questions -- Our constitution. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Before 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings & Constitutional Change |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Supreme Court confirmation hearings and constitutional change |
| ISBN: | 1-139-89191-X |
| 1-107-27211-4 | |
| 1-107-50265-9 | |
| 1-107-27420-6 | |
| 1-139-62645-0 | |
| 1-107-27869-4 | |
| 1-107-27544-X | |
| 1-107-27746-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823108303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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