The Selling of Supreme Court Nominees

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-8018-5883-3
Verlag: Hopkins Fulfillment Service

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

Reihe: Interpreting American Politics

Winner of the Herman Pritchett Award from the American Political Science Association

Politics has always been at the heart of the Supreme Court selection process. According to John Anthony Maltese, the first "Borking" of a nominee came in 1795 with the defeat of John Rutledge's nomination as chief justice. What is different about today's appointment process, he argues, is not its politicization but the range of players involved and the political techniques that they use. In The Selling of Supreme Court Nominees, Maltese traces the evolution of the contentious and controversial confirmation process awaiting today's nominees to the nation's highest court. In this paperback edition, he includes a discussion of the recent nomination of Stephen Breyer, addressing various reform proposals made by critics of the current process and crediting President Clinton's protracted selection process with restoring some decorum to the proceedings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maltese, John Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Allgemeines Prozessrecht, Kostenrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editor's Forward
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The President Versus the Senate
Chapter 2. In the Beginning
Chapter 3. The Rise of Organized Interests
Chapter 4. Interests Versus Nominees: The Defeat of John J. Parker
Chapter 5. Interests Versus Nominees: The Defeat of Clement Haynsworth
Chapter 6. Speaking Out: Interest Groups, Nominees, and Presidents
Chapter 7. The Institutional Presidency: Strategic Resources and the Supreme Court Selection Process
Chapter 8. The Clinton Appointments and Proposals for Reform
Afterword, 1998
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Maltese, John Anthony
John Anthony Maltese is associate professor of political science at the University of Georgia. His books include Spin Control: The White House Office of Communications and the Management of Presidential News.

John Anthony Maltese is associate professor of political science at the University of Georgia. His books include Spin Control: The White House Office of Communications and the Management of Presidential News.