The next justice repairing the Supreme Court appointments process / [electronic resource] :
Christopher L. Eisgruber.
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007.
- xiii, 239 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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United States. Supreme Court --Officials and employees--Selection and appointment.
Judges--Selection and appointment--United States. Political questions and judicial power--United States.