Making the Supreme Court the politics of appointments, 1930-2020 / Charles M. Cameron, Princeton University; Jonathan P. Kastellec, Princeton University.
| Author/creator | Cameron, Charles M., 1954- |
| Other author | Kastellec, Jonathan P. |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] |
| Description | xii, 486 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Abstract | "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 combined with rich qualitative evidence, Making the Supreme Court employs new theories, cutting-edge technique, and a novel perspective on political institutions. Finally, it provides a sharp lens on the social and political transformations that created a new American politics. It will appeal not only to students of the Supreme Court but to anyone concerned with the origins and future of American politics"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-465) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023013819 |
| ISBN | 9780197680537 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780197680544 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |