Research Catalog

Title

Supreme Court politics : the institution and its procedures / by Susan Low Bloch, Thomas G. Krattenmaker.

Author

Bloch, Susan Low.

Publication

St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co., 1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

Krattenmaker, Thomas G., 1943-

Description

xxi, 698 pages; 26 cm +

Subject

• United States. Supreme Court
• United States. Supreme Court > Officials and employees > Selection and appointment
• USA Supreme Court
• United States. Supreme Court
• Judicial process > United States
• Judicial review > United States
• Judicial process
• Judicial review
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. ix-xiii) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Court in Action: The Abortion Controversy -- Ch. 2. Appointing Supreme Court Justices -- A. Who Gets Nominated and Confirmed? -- B. What Standards Should the President and the Senate Apply? -- C. Nomination and Confirmation of Supreme Court Justices -- Case Studies of the Nominations of Robert Bork, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- D. Reforming The Process -- Ch. 3. Setting the Court's Agenda -- A. Governing Statutes and Rules -- B. Mechanics of the Certiorari Process -- C. What's Really Happening? -- D. Proposals for Reform -- Ch. 4. Collegial Decision Making -- Ch. 5. Roles of the Participants -- A. Chief Justice -- B. Law Clerks -- C. Advocates -- Ch. 6. Proposals for Reforming the Institution -- A. National Court of Appeals? -- B. Secrecy of Supreme Court Processes.

ISBN

• 0314034927
• 9780314034922
• 0314041532
• 9780314041531

LCCN

94009272

OCLC

• ocm30027313
• 30027313
• SCSB-9007881

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library