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The character of justice : rhetoric, law, and politics in the Supreme Court confirmation process / Trevor Parry-Giles.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parry-Giles, Trevor, 1963-
- Series:
- Rhetoric and public affairs series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Supreme Court--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment--History.
- United States.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- Judges--Selection and appointment--United States--History.
- Judges.
- Political questions and judicial power--United States--History.
- Political questions and judicial power.
- Judges--Selection and appointment.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 267 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2006]
- Contents:
- 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 Haynsworth and Carswell nominations
- "Bork's America" : Supreme Court confirmations as political spectacle
- The future of Supreme Court confirmations : beyond Bork
- Epilogue : Of baseball analogies, crying spouses, and the erosion of advice and consent.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0870137697
- OCLC:
- 63164956
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