TY - BOOK AU - Parry-Giles,Trevor TI - The character of justice: rhetoric, law, and politics in the Supreme Court confirmation process T2 - Rhetoric and public affairs series SN - 0870137697 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - KF 8742 .P37 2006 U1 - 347.73/2634 22 PY - 2006/// CY - East Lansing PB - Michigan State University Press KW - United States KW - Supreme Court KW - Officials and employees KW - Selection and appointment KW - History KW - Local KW - Judges KW - Political questions and judicial power N1 - 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 ER -