Confirmation wars : preserving independent courts in angry times / / Benjamin Wittes

• Autore: Wittes Benjamin
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield; Stanford, Calif., : Published in cooperation with Hoover Institution, 2009
• Edizione: Updated 2009 ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 347.73/14
• Soggetto topico: Judges - Selection and appointment - United States; Judicial power - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-159) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 the nastiness of contemporary politics.
• Titolo autorizzato: Confirmation wars
• ISBN: 1-299-45342-2; 1-4422-0155-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822476803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society.