With the death of associate justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme
Court was plunged into crisis. Refusing to hold hearings or confirm
the nominee of a Democratic president almost a year away from a
presidential election, the Republican-controlled Senate held the
court hostage, forcing it to do its work through nearly the entire
term ending in June 2017 with just eight justices. In American
Justice 2017: The Supreme Court in Crisis, Kimberly Robinson
examines the way individual justices and the institution as a whole
reacted to this unprecedented, politically fraught situation. In
public, the justices put on brave faces, waiting for the
confirmation battle to play itself out, while indicating in
occasional statements that the court would muddle through just
fine. In private, though, things appear to have been more
complicated. Narrow decisions, lackluster choice of cases, and odd
bedfellows teaming up on the same sides of opinions and dissents
give us a hint of the strenuous effort the eight justices made to
uphold the integrity of the institution in the face of
hurricane-force partisan gales.
General
Imprint: |
University of PennsylvaniaPress
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2017 |
First published: |
2018 |
Authors: |
Kimberly Robinson
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Paper over boards
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Pages: |
176 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8122-4997-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Law >
General
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LSN: |
0-8122-4997-6 |
Barcode: |
9780812249972 |
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