Supreme Court confirmation hearings in the U.S. Senate
Subtitle: reconsidering the charade
By: Dion Farganis and Justin Wedeking
Contributors: Wedeking, Justin, author
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780472119332
Subjects: Judges; Officials and employees; United States. Supreme Court; Legislative hearings; United States; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary; Selection and appointment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-158) and index.
Table of contents: title: A vapid and hollow charade?; title: The hearings in historical perspective; title: Coding the hearings; title: Are Supreme Court nominees forthcoming?; title: Polarized and televised : changes in committee voting since 1980; title: The perception gap; title: Can the hearings be improved? Do they need to be?