"A masterpiece of scholarly analysis. The pathbreaking achievement of 1974 has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the scholarship and events of the last decade. It remains the definitive work in the field of Supreme Court appointments."--Stanley C. Brubaker, Colgate Unversity. "[Abraham's] are the meticulous judgments of a scholar and the provocative narrative fo a first-rate writer. A superlative discussion."--Stephen R. Schlesinger, U.S. Department...