Confirmation Wars : Preserving Independent Courts in Angry Times.

Confirmation Wars : Preserving Independent Courts in Angry Times.

In Confirmation Wars, Benjamin Wittes examines the degradation of the judicial nominations process over the past fifty years. Drawing on years of reporting on judicial nominations, including numerous interviews with nominees and sitting judges, he explains how the process has changed and how these c...

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Main Author:	Wittes, Benjamin
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009.
Series:	Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society.
Subjects:	Judges > Selection and appointment > United States. Judicial power > United States. Judges > Selection and appointment Judicial power United States
Online Access:	Click for online access

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