Pursuit of justices
Subtitle: presidential politics and the selection of Supreme Court nominees
By: David Alistair Yalof
Edition: Pbk. ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780226945460; 9780226945453
Subjects: United States; Judges; Political aspects; Droit et politique; Selection and appointment; Officials and employees; États-Unis; United States. Supreme Court; Supreme Court (VS); Fonctionnaires; Juges; États-Unis. Supreme Court; Benoemingen; Sélection et nomination; Law; Rechters; Politieke aspecten
Description: "Although the Senate confirmation of Supreme Court nominees is the most public part of the nomination process, the most critical phase - the initial selection of nominees - remains largely hidden from view. In Pursuit of Justices, David Yalof takes the reader behind the scenes to show how presidents go about deciding who will sit on the highest court in the land.

As Yalof shows, competing factions within the executive branch, organized interests, and the president's close associates all vie for influence during this early phase of presidential decisionmaking."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-279) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Truman rewards loyalty and friendship; title: Eisenhower takes on "cronyism"; title: Kennedy and Johnson restore the politics of patronage; title: Nixon and Ford : the "Southern strategy" and political reality; title: Reagan's pursuit of conservative ideologues; title: A closer look : patterns and problems in nominee selection; title: The selection practices of Bush and Clinton : some initial observations.