The next justice : repairing the Supreme Court appointments process

The next justice repairing the Supreme Court appointments process

The Supreme Court appointments process is broken, and the timing couldn't be worse--for liberals or conservatives. The Court is just one more solid conservative justice away from an ideological sea change--a hard-right turn on an array of issues that affect every American, from abortion to envi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Eisgruber, Christopher L. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press c2007.
Edición:Course Book
Materias:
United States. > Supreme Court > Officials and employees > Selection and appointment.
Judges > Selection and appointment > United States.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436319406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A broken process in partisan times
  • Why judges cannot avoid political controversy
  • The incoherence of judicial restraint
  • Politics at the court
  • Why judges sometimes agree when politicians cannot
  • Judicial philosophies and why they matter
  • How presidents have raised the stakes
  • Should the Senate defer to the president?
  • How to change the hearings
  • What kinds of justices should we want?
  • The path forward.

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