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1 online resource (viii, 310 pages) |
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Preface -- I. The Bork nomination 1.Exit Justice Powell 2.Enter Judge Bork 3.Battle lines form 4.The first crucial issue -- II. Committee hearings 1.The judiciary committee 2.The ultimate stakes: controlling the direction of the court 3.The right of privacy: contraception, abortion, and sterilization 4.Civil rights 5.The reverend and the rabbi: church-state issues 6.Free speech 7.Ethical questions: Watergate revisited 8.The ABA 9.Other witnesses 10.The media company: polling and advertising in the confirmation process -- III. Action by the Senate 1.Mounting pressure: the uncommitted senators 2.The struggle outside 3.The senate debate: battling for history's verdict 4.The new nominees: Ginsburg and Kennedy -- IV. Judicial confirmations in the post-Bork era 1. Judge Souter: a stealth nominee 2.Clarence Thomas: round one 3.Clarence Thomas: enter Anita Hill 4.Judge Ginsburg: a democrat faces the confirmation process 5.Judge Breyer revisited 6.The Bork precedent: a search for meaning -- Notes -- Index -- About the authors |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-299) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Bork, Robert H
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Bork, Robert H. fast |
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United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment -- History
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United States. Supreme Court fast |
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Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States -- History
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Political questions and judicial power -- United States
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LAW -- Government -- Federal.
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Judges -- Selection and appointment
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Political questions and judicial power
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Law - U.S. - General.
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Law - U.S.
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Law, Politics & Government.
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United States
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Gross, Leonard, 1951-
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| LC no. |
98015735 |
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0585030162 |
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9780585030166 |
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