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02621aam a2200373 i 4500 001 B89F4CF4B0F211E4ADA758E4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150210010111 008 130104s2013 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013000441 020 $a 1107039703 (hardback) 020 $a 9781107039704 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)856980854 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c PUL $d OCLCO $d DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d TXA $d RCJ $d CGU $d MUU $d CDX $d COO $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF8742 $b .C625 2013 050 00 $a KF8742 $b .C625 2013 100 1 $a Collins, Paul M., $c Jr. 245 10 $a Supreme Court confirmation hearings and constitutional change / $c Paul M. Collins, Jr., University of North Texas, Lori A. Ringhand, University of Georgia. 264 1 $a Cambridge : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2013. 300 $a xvi, 296 pages ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Our constitution. $t How it works : the nuts and bolts of the confirmation process -- $t Public opinion and precedent at confirmation hearings -- $t An issue-by-issue look at the hearings -- $t The discussion of precendent at the hearings -- $t Confirmation conditions -- $t The 104th justice -- $t Currently contested constitutional questions -- $t Our constitution. 520 $a "Before Supreme Court nominees are allowed take their place on the high Court, they must face a moment of democratic reckoning by appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Despite the potential this holds for public input into the direction of legal change, the hearings are routinely derided as nothing but empty rituals and political grandstanding. In this book, Paul M. Collins, Jr., and Lori A. Ringhand present a contrarian view that uses both empirical data and stories culled from more than seventy years of transcripts to demonstrate that the hearings are a democratic forum for the discussion and ratification of constitutional change. As such, they are one of the ways in which "We the People" take ownership of the Constitution by examining the core constitutional values of those permitted to interpret it on our behalf."--Publisher's website. 610 10 $a United States. $b Supreme Court. 650 0 $a Judges $x Selection and appointment $z United States. 650 0 $a Constitutional law $z United States. 700 1 $a Ringhand, Lori A. 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200402014435.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180110050900.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20150210012114.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B89F4CF4B0F211E4ADA758E4DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search