The next Justice : repairing the Supreme Court appointments process /
Eisgruber, Christopher L.
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-224) and index.
A broken process in partisan times -- Why judges cannot avoid political controversy -- The incoherence of judicial restraint -- Politics at the court -- Why judges sometimes agree when politicians cannot -- Judicial philosophies and why they matter -- How presidents have raised the stakes -- Should the Senate defer to the president? -- How to change the hearings -- What kinds of justices should we want? -- The path forward.
United States. Supreme Court
Judges
Political questions and judicial power