Confirmation Wars: Preserving Independent Courts in Angry Times

by Benjamin Wittes

Book Overview

Just in time for the first Supreme Court confirmation of the Obama administration, one of America's most insightful legal commentators updates the critically acclaimed Confirmation Wars: Preserving Independent Courts in Angry Times to place the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the context of the changing nature of judicial nominations by recent presidents.

Our system has gone from one in which people like Sotomayor or recent highly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442201541
• ISBN13: 9781442201545
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"