Advice and Consent The Politics of Judicial Appointments |
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| Author:
| Epstein, Lee
Segal, Jeffrey A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-531583-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2007 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.99 |
Book Description:
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From Louis Brandeis to Robert Bork to Clarence Thomas, the nomination of federal judges has generated intense political conflict. In Advice and Consent, two leading legal scholars offer a brief, illuminating Baedeker to this highly important procedure, discussing everything from constitutional background, to crucial differences in the nomination of judges and justices, to the role of the Judiciary Committee in vetting nominees. Epstein and Segal shed light on the role played by the...
More DescriptionFrom Louis Brandeis to Robert Bork to Clarence Thomas, the nomination of federal judges has generated intense political conflict. In Advice and Consent, two leading legal scholars offer a brief, illuminating Baedeker to this highly important procedure, discussing everything from constitutional background, to crucial differences in the nomination of judges and justices, to the role of the Judiciary Committee in vetting nominees. Epstein and Segal shed light on the role played by the media, by the American Bar Association, and by special interest groups (whose efforts helped defeat Judge Bork).