Making the Supreme Court : the politics of appointments, 1930-2020

Making the Supreme Court : the politics of appointments, 1930-2020 / Charles M. Cameron, Department of Politics & School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; Jonathan P. Kastellec, Department of Politics, Princeton University.

"Making the Supreme Court: The Politics of Appointments 1930--2020 tells the story of 90 years of Supreme Court appointments. It examines what happened, why it happened, the consequences for the Supreme Court, the future of appointments, and the prospects for reform. Based on massive data combi...

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Main Authors: Cameron, Charles M. (Charles Metz), 1954- (Author), Kastellec, Jonathan P. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court > Officials and employees > Selection and appointment > History.
United States. > Supreme Court > Officials and employees > History.
United States. > Supreme Court
Judges > Selection and appointment > United States > History.
Political questions and judicial power > United States > History.
Employees
Judges > Selection and appointment
Political questions and judicial power
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
Law.
United States
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Then and now
  • The party demands : party agendas for the Supreme Court
  • Selecting how to select : presidents and organizational design
  • The candidates for the court and the nominees
  • Interest groups
  • The media
  • Co-authored with Leeann Bass and Julian Dean
  • Public opinion
  • Decision in the Senate
  • The logic of presidential selection / co-authored with Lauren Mattioli
  • What the public wanted
  • Voting in the shadow of Accountability : senators' confirmation decisions
  • New politics, new justices, New policies : the courts that politics made
  • The future : the courts that politics may make
  • What future do we want? evaluating judicial independence.

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