Supreme conflict
Subtitle: the inside story of the struggle for control of the United States Supreme Court
By: Jan Crawford Greenburg
Publisher: Penguin Press; Penguin Press HC, The
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781594201011
Subjects: Judges; Political questions and judicial power; Officials and employees; Ernennung; United States. Supreme Court; Kontrolle; United States; USA / Oberster Gerichtshof; Gesetzgebende Gewalt; Selection and appointment; Richter; History
Description: Discusses recent ideological shifts within the Supreme Court, profiles controversial judges, and analyzes the changing role of judicial power in American government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: Day's end; title: Settling for Tony; title: False hopes; title: The devil you don't; title: "The youngest, cruelest justice"; title: Change of heart; title: The Clinton way; title: The natural; title: "Except he's not a woman"; title: "Trust me"; title: Deconstructing Miers; title: A full count.