Diversifying the Courts : Race, Gender, and Judicial Legitimacy / Nancy Scherer.
Scherer, Nancy, author.
2023
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Title
Diversifying the Courts : Race, Gender, and Judicial Legitimacy / Nancy Scherer.
Author
Scherer, Nancy, author.
ISBN
9781479818754
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479818754.001.0001
Published
New York, NY : New York University Press, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource : 40 b/w illustrations
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9781479818754.001.0001 doi
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KF8776
Dewey Decimal Classification
347.73/14
Summary
Examines the decisions of US presidents to appoint judges from diverse backgrounds to federal courtsIn Diversifying the Courts, Nancy Scherer addresses why presidents choose-or don't choose-to diversify the federal courts by race, ethnicity, and gender. She explores how and why the issue became a bitter partisan fight in the first place, tracking the controversial history-and politics-of court diversification.Drawing on polls, political experiments, surveys and one-on-one interviews, Scherer illuminates the complicated relationship between diversity and court legitimacy. She shows us how diverse representation can positively impact perceptions of the court among women and racial minorities, while having a negative impact on the perceptions among white people and men. Ultimately, Diversifying the Courts provides insight into the impact of gender, race, and ethnicity on the courts, illuminating some of the major challenges facing the American judicial system in the years that lie ahead.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Preface:
Introduction:
1. A Brief History of Diversity on the Federal Bench
2. Why Democrats Support Diversifying the Courts
3. Why Republicans Oppose Diversifying the Courts
4. Sitting Judges Discuss Diversity
5. Diversity, Party Identification, and Political Legitimacy
6. Legitimacy and Gender Diversity on the Bench
7. Legitimacy and Racial Diversity on the Bench
8. Legitimacy and Descriptive/Substantive Representation
9. Legitimacy and Party Identification
Conclusion:
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Methods
Appendix B: Mock Newspaper Articles
Appendix C: Full Regression Models
Notes
References
Index
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