Helena Silverstein (USA Lafayette College)

Political Control of America's Courts

Examining the Facts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work is intended to help readers understand the many ways in which politics shapes the allegedly nonpartisan judicial system in America.

Produktdetails

• Contemporary Debates
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781440878053
• ISBN-10: 1440878056
• Artikelnr.: 67385039

Autorenporträt

Helena Silverstein is Professor and Department Head of Government and Law at Lafayette College, USA. Her other books include The Supreme Court (Greenwood, 2021); Girls on the Stand: How Courts Fail Pregnant Minors (2007); and Unleashing Rights: Law, Meaning, and the Animal Rights Movement (1996)

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments How to Use This Book 1. Nominations, Confirmations, and
Departures of Federal Judges Q1. Are nominations and confirmations to the
federal bench based on factors beyond merit? Q2. Do outside organizations
influence whom the president nominates to the federal bench? Q3. Do
interest groups influence the Supreme Court confirmation process? Q4. Is it
unusual for the Senate to reject a Supreme Court nominee? Q5. Was the
Senate's refusal to take action on President Obama's Supreme Court
nomination of Merrick Garland really unprecedented? Q6. Are Supreme Court
confirmation hearings a "vapid and hollow charade"? Q7. Is the timing of
judicial retirements from the Supreme Court influenced by politics? Q8. Did
President Trump's judicial appointments fundamentally re-make the federal
judiciary for decades to come? 2. Judicial Elections to State Courts Q9.
Have contested judicial elections become more political over recent
decades? Q10. Are nonpartisan judicial elections less political than
partisan judicial elections? Q11. Has politicization of judicial retention
elections increased? Q12. Does the growth of campaign spending by interest
groups affect judicial independence? Q13. Do politicized judicial elections
threaten the legitimacy of state courts? 3. Structures Affecting the Courts
Q14. Has Congress or the president ever sought to adjust the size of the
Supreme Court for political gain? Q15. Can Congress strip the Supreme Court
and lower federal courts of their jurisdiction? Q16. Would term limits make
the Supreme Court less politicized? Q17. Was the end of the filibuster in
federal judicial confirmations a historic rule change? Q18. Is the end of
the filibuster in federal judicial confirmations likely to increase
polarization on the federal courts? 4. Decisions and Decision Making Q19.
Are Supreme Court justices influenced by public opinion? Q20. Do judges'
political attitudes and ideologies influence their legal decisions? Q21.
Did the Supreme Court's "switch in time that saved nine" occur in direct
response to external political pressure? Q22. Is the influence of amicus
briefs on the Supreme Court growing? Q23. Is the Supreme Court using the
"shadow docket" more frequently? 5. Public Perceptions of the Judiciary
Q24. Is public faith and confidence in the Supreme Court in decline? Q25.
Does the public believe the courts are political and partisan? Q26. Does
the public's perception of the judiciary vary by party affiliation? Q27.
Has the judicial philosophy known as "originalism" become dominant in
American jurisprudence and accepted by the public? 6. Politicization,
Partisanship, and Legitimacy Q28. Were President Trump's criticisms of the
judiciary unusual? Q29. Has the Supreme Court become more partisan? Q30. Is
the Supreme Court facing a legitimacy crisis? Subject Index About the
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