Parry-Giles, Trevor

The character of justice rhetoric, law, and politics in the Supreme Court confirmation process Rhetoric, law, and politics in the Supreme Court confirmation process Trevor Parry-Giles. - East Lansing Michigan State University Press c2006. - x, 267 p. 24 cm. - Rhetoric and public affairs series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-257) and index.

Character and the constitution : politics in the Supreme Court confirmation process -- For the soul of the Supreme Court : the 1916 nomination of Louis D. Brandeis -- From property rights to human rights : the Hughes and Parker nominations of 1930 -- The character of civil rights : the Thurgood Marshall nomination -- Nixon's southern strategy and the Supreme Court : the Haynsworth and Carswell nominations -- "Bork's America" : Supreme Court confirmations as political spectacle -- The future of Supreme Court confirmations : beyond Bork.

0870137697 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780870137693 (cloth : alk. paper)

2006002234


United States Supreme Court --Officials and employees--Selection and appointment--History.


Judges--Selection and appointment--History.--United States
Political questions and judicial power--History.--United States

KF 8742 / .P37 2006

347.73/2634