Dumbing down the courts
Subtitle: how politics keeps the smartest judges off the bench
By: John R. Lott, Jr..
Publisher: Bascom Hill Publishing Group
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781626522497
Subjects: Judges; Selection and appointment; Political aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-269) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:; title: Why the Senate shuns the smartest judges --; title: The battles are getting worse --; title: Supreme battles --; title: The fight over lower court appointments --; title: Who has the toughest time getting confirmed? --; title: ABA ratings : what do they really measure? --; title: Increasing tenure ---- Conclusion.