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Seeking Justices: The Judging of Supreme Court Nominees
Michael Comiskey
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Description for Seeking Justices: The Judging of Supreme Court Nominees
Paperback. Supreme Court confirmations remain highly contentious and controversial, due to the Senate's effort to curb the potential excesses of executive. Michael Comiskey offers an analysis of that process to date. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 449.
In the long shadows cast by the Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas nominations, Supreme Court confirmations remain highly contentious and controversial. This is due in part to the Senate's increasing reliance upon a much lengthier, much more public, and occasionally raucous confirmation process - in an effort to curb the potential excesses of executive power created by presidents seeking greater control over the Court's ideological composition. Michael Comiskey offers the most comprehensive, systematic, and optimistic analysis of that process to date. Arguing that the process works well and therefore should not be significantly altered, Comiskey convincingly counters those critics who ... Read more
In the long shadows cast by the Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas nominations, Supreme Court confirmations remain highly contentious and controversial. This is due in part to the Senate's increasing reliance upon a much lengthier, much more public, and occasionally raucous confirmation process - in an effort to curb the potential excesses of executive power created by presidents seeking greater control over the Court's ideological composition. Michael Comiskey offers the most comprehensive, systematic, and optimistic analysis of that process to date. Arguing that the process works well and therefore should not be significantly altered, Comiskey convincingly counters those critics who ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700613472
SKU
V9780700613472
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