The next justice [electronic resource] : repairing the Supreme Court appointments process / Christopher L. Eisgruber.
2007
KF8742 .E357 2007eb
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The next justice [electronic resource] : repairing the Supreme Court appointments process / Christopher L. Eisgruber.
Author
Eisgruber, Christopher L.
ISBN
9781400827824 electronic book
1400827825 electronic book
1282569287
9781282569287
9780691134970 hardcover
0691134979 hardcover
1400827825 electronic book
1282569287
9781282569287
9780691134970 hardcover
0691134979 hardcover
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Princeton, [New Jersey] : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages)
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KF8742 .E357 2007eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
347.73/2634
Summary
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 environmental protection. But neither those who look at this prospect with pleasure nor those who view it with horror will be able to make informed judgments about the next nominee to the Court--unless the appointments process is fixed now. In The Next Justice, Christopher Eisgruber boldly proposes a way to.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.