Two-Fer : electing a president and a Supreme Court / Clint Bolick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolick, Clint.

Series:

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 621.

Hoover Institution Press publication ; number 621

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judges--Selection and appointment--United States.

Judges.

Political questions and judicial power--United States.

Political questions and judicial power.

Presidents--United States--Election.

Presidents.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Constitutional scholar Clint Bolick examines the importance of judicial nominations in current and future political campaigns?not just in campaigns for president but also for the senators who confirm the nominees and the governors who appoint state court judges. He offers his opinion of the framers' original intentions?that the judiciary play a robust role in curbing abuses of government power and protecting individual rights?and provides both a historical perspective and a look at the courts' decisions on today's most contentious issues.

Contents:

The grand prize

The framers' vision

The first two centuries : an uneven judicial record

The Supreme Court today : precarious majority postscript ... and state courts, too.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-102) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780817914660

0817914668

9780817914684

0817914684

OCLC:

875865556