Confirmation Wars: Preserving Independent Courts in Angry Times

by Benjamin Wittes

Book Overview

In Confirmation Wars, Benjamin Wittes rejects the parodies offered by both the Right and Left of the decline of the process by which the United States Senate confirms_or rejects_the presidentOs nominees to the federal judiciary. He draws on original reporting and new historical research to provide a more accurate understanding of the current climate. He argues that the transformations the process has undergone should not be understood principally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742551458
• ISBN13: 9780742551459
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"