This book demonstrates that the hearings to confirm Supreme Court nominees are in fact a democratic forum for the discussion and ratification of constitutional change.
This book demonstrates that the hearings to confirm Supreme Court nominees are in fact a democratic forum for the discussion and ratification of constitutional change.
Paul M. Collins is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas. His research focuses on judicial politics, with a particular interest in the democratic nature of the courts. The recipient of numerous research awards, he has published articles in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, the Journal of Politics, Law and Social Inquiry, the Law and Society Review, the Notre Dame Law Review, Political Research Quarterly and other journals. Collins is also the author of Friends of the Supreme Court: Interest Groups and Judicial Decision Making, which received the 2009 C. Herman Pritchett Award from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association.
Inhaltsangabe
1. A confirmation process worth celebrating 2. How it works: the nuts and bolts of the confirmation process 3. Public opinion and precedent at confirmation hearings 4. An issue-by-issue look at the hearings 5. The discussion of precedent at the hearings 6. Confirmation conditions 7. The 104th justice 8. Currently contested constitutional questions 9. Our Constitution.
1. A confirmation process worth celebrating 2. How it works: the nuts and bolts of the confirmation process 3. Public opinion and precedent at confirmation hearings 4. An issue-by-issue look at the hearings 5. The discussion of precedent at the hearings 6. Confirmation conditions 7. The 104th justice 8. Currently contested constitutional questions 9. Our Constitution.
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