Author: James L. Gibson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400830605
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
In recent years the American public has witnessed several hard-fought battles over nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court. In these heated confirmation fights, candidates' legal and political philosophies have been subject to intense scrutiny and debate. Citizens, Courts, and Confirmations examines one such fight--over the nomination of Samuel Alito--to discover how and why people formed opinions about the nominee, and to determine how the confirmation process shaped perceptions of the Supreme Court's legitimacy. Drawing on a nationally representative survey, James Gibson and Gregory Caldeira use the Alito confirmation fight as a window into public attitudes about the nation's highest court. They find that Americans know far more about the Supreme Court than many realize, that the Court enjoys a great deal of legitimacy among the American people, that attitudes toward the Court as an institution generally do not suffer from partisan or ideological polarization, and that public knowledge enhances the legitimacy accorded the Court. Yet the authors demonstrate that partisan and ideological infighting that treats the Court as just another political institution undermines the considerable public support the institution currently enjoys, and that politicized confirmation battles pose a grave threat to the basic legitimacy of the Supreme Court.
Citizens, Courts, and Confirmations
Author: James L. Gibson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400830605
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
In recent years the American public has witnessed several hard-fought battles over nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court. In these heated confirmation fights, candidates' legal and political philosophies have been subject to intense scrutiny and debate. Citizens, Courts, and Confirmations examines one such fight--over the nomination of Samuel Alito--to discover how and why people formed opinions about the nominee, and to determine how the confirmation process shaped perceptions of the Supreme Court's legitimacy. Drawing on a nationally representative survey, James Gibson and Gregory Caldeira use the Alito confirmation fight as a window into public attitudes about the nation's highest court. They find that Americans know far more about the Supreme Court than many realize, that the Court enjoys a great deal of legitimacy among the American people, that attitudes toward the Court as an institution generally do not suffer from partisan or ideological polarization, and that public knowledge enhances the legitimacy accorded the Court. Yet the authors demonstrate that partisan and ideological infighting that treats the Court as just another political institution undermines the considerable public support the institution currently enjoys, and that politicized confirmation battles pose a grave threat to the basic legitimacy of the Supreme Court.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400830605
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
In recent years the American public has witnessed several hard-fought battles over nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court. In these heated confirmation fights, candidates' legal and political philosophies have been subject to intense scrutiny and debate. Citizens, Courts, and Confirmations examines one such fight--over the nomination of Samuel Alito--to discover how and why people formed opinions about the nominee, and to determine how the confirmation process shaped perceptions of the Supreme Court's legitimacy. Drawing on a nationally representative survey, James Gibson and Gregory Caldeira use the Alito confirmation fight as a window into public attitudes about the nation's highest court. They find that Americans know far more about the Supreme Court than many realize, that the Court enjoys a great deal of legitimacy among the American people, that attitudes toward the Court as an institution generally do not suffer from partisan or ideological polarization, and that public knowledge enhances the legitimacy accorded the Court. Yet the authors demonstrate that partisan and ideological infighting that treats the Court as just another political institution undermines the considerable public support the institution currently enjoys, and that politicized confirmation battles pose a grave threat to the basic legitimacy of the Supreme Court.
Electing Judges
Author: James L. Gibson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226291073
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"In Electing Judges, James L. Gibson responds to the growing chorus of critics who fear that the politics of running for office undermine judicial independence. While many people have opinions on the topic, few have supported them with empirical evidence. Gibson rectifies this situation, offering the most systematic study to date of the impact of campaigns on public perceptions of fairness, impartiality, and the legitimacy of elected state courts-and his findings are both counterintuitive and controversial"--Page [four] of cover.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226291073
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"In Electing Judges, James L. Gibson responds to the growing chorus of critics who fear that the politics of running for office undermine judicial independence. While many people have opinions on the topic, few have supported them with empirical evidence. Gibson rectifies this situation, offering the most systematic study to date of the impact of campaigns on public perceptions of fairness, impartiality, and the legitimacy of elected state courts-and his findings are both counterintuitive and controversial"--Page [four] of cover.
The Antiquary
Author: Edward Walford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Scotland's Pariah
Author: Patrick O'Flaherty
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442619880
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Scotland’s Pariah is the first book to examine the remarkable life of John Pinkerton: antiquarian, poet, forger, cartographer, historian, serial adulterer, bigamist, and religious skeptic. A pugnacious and persistent man of letters who knew and was admired by literary masters such as Edward Gibbon, Horace Walpole, and William Godwin, Pinkerton’s life was full of personal and professional misadventures. Patrick O’Flaherty’s biography presents an engrossing account of Pinkerton’s life and works from his early years in Scotland to his Parisian exile, covering his major editorial, antiquarian, and geographic works. Examining Pinkerton’s involvement in the London literary scene, his conflicted relationship with the rise of Celtic nationalism, and his response to early literary romanticism, Scotland’s Pariah is a shrewd and compassionate evaluation of an astonishing literary life.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442619880
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Scotland’s Pariah is the first book to examine the remarkable life of John Pinkerton: antiquarian, poet, forger, cartographer, historian, serial adulterer, bigamist, and religious skeptic. A pugnacious and persistent man of letters who knew and was admired by literary masters such as Edward Gibbon, Horace Walpole, and William Godwin, Pinkerton’s life was full of personal and professional misadventures. Patrick O’Flaherty’s biography presents an engrossing account of Pinkerton’s life and works from his early years in Scotland to his Parisian exile, covering his major editorial, antiquarian, and geographic works. Examining Pinkerton’s involvement in the London literary scene, his conflicted relationship with the rise of Celtic nationalism, and his response to early literary romanticism, Scotland’s Pariah is a shrewd and compassionate evaluation of an astonishing literary life.
National Labor Relations Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Special Committee to Investigate the National Labor Relations Board
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Who's who in America
Author:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2716
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2716
Book Description
The Daily Washington Law Reporter
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
Vols. for 1902- include decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and various other courts of the District of Columbia.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
Vols. for 1902- include decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and various other courts of the District of Columbia.
Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia
Author: Freemasons. Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates ...: England-Homem. 1874
Author: Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
The collections of the Advocates Library, with the exception of its legal books and manuscripts, were given by the Advocates to the National Library of Scotland in 1925.
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
The collections of the Advocates Library, with the exception of its legal books and manuscripts, were given by the Advocates to the National Library of Scotland in 1925.
The English Reports
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1420
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1420
Book Description