The Selling of Supreme Court Nominees (Interpreting American Politics)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 7, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780801858833
Subjects: Courts & procedure; Political structure & processes; Public Affairs & Administration; U.S. Supreme Court; Law; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Courts - Supreme Court; Government - U.S. Government; Political Science / Government / General; Courts - General
First sentence: In the spring of 1970, President Richard Nixon and the Senate had been squabbling for nearly eight months over the Supreme court vacancy left by the resignation of Associate Justice Abe Fortas.