Confirmation bias: inside Washington's war over the Supreme Court, from Scalia's death to Justice Kavanaugh
(Book)
The embodiment of American conservative thought and jurisprudence, Antonin Scalia cast an expansive shadow over the Supreme Court for three decades. His unexpected death in February 2016 created a vacancy that precipitated a pitched political fight. That battle would not only change the tilt of the court, but the course of American history. It would help decide a presidential election, fundamentally alter longstanding protocols of the United States Senate, and transform the Supreme Court--which has long held itself as a neutral arbiter above politics--into another branch of the federal government riven by partisanship. In an unprecedented move, the Republican-controlled Senate, led by majority leader, Mitch McConnell, refused to give Democratic President Barack Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland, a confirmation hearing. Not one Republican in the Senate would meet with him. Scalia's seat would be held open until Donald Trump's nominee, Neil M. Gorsuch, was confirmed in April 2017. Carl Hulse has spent more than thirty years covering the machinations of the beltway. In Confirmation Bias he tells the story of this history-making battle to control the Supreme Court through exclusive interviews with McConnell, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, and other top officials, Trump campaign operatives, court activists, and legal scholars, as well as never-before-reported details and developments. Richly textured and deeply informative, Confirmation Bias provides much-needed context, revisiting the judicial wars of the past two decades to show how those conflicts have led to our current polarization. He examines the politicization of the federal bench and the implications for public confidence in the courts, and takes us behind the scenes to explore how many long-held democratic norms and entrenched, bipartisan procedures have been erased across all three branches of government.--
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021.
United States. -- Supreme Court -- History -- 21st century.
United States. -- Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
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Hulse, C. (2019). Confirmation bias: inside Washington's war over the Supreme Court, from Scalia's death to Justice Kavanaugh. First edition. New York, Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Hulse, Carl. 2019. Confirmation Bias: Inside Washington's War Over the Supreme Court, From Scalia's Death to Justice Kavanaugh. New York, Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Hulse, Carl, Confirmation Bias: Inside Washington's War Over the Supreme Court, From Scalia's Death to Justice Kavanaugh. New York, Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Hulse, Carl. Confirmation Bias: Inside Washington's War Over the Supreme Court, From Scalia's Death to Justice Kavanaugh. First edition. New York, Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019.
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505 | 0 | |a Calling the play -- A death in Texas -- "Business to attend to" -- "Of course the president is going to nominate someone" -- Playing it straight -- Pulling a Biden -- The Oval -- The list, part 1 -- Lack of judicial temperament -- Should ideology matter? -- Filibusted -- The gang's all here -- Battle lines -- Going nuclear -- Dumbledore -- Stalemate -- The list, part 2 -- Upset -- Postmortem -- Gorsuch -- One horse-sized duck -- Nuclear winter -- Giving the slip to the blue slip -- The Trump judiciary -- The Kennedy seat -- Golden Boy -- Advice and dissent -- The hearing will not come to order -- The paper chase -- The letter -- "Forever change the Senate and our nation's highest court" -- Endgame -- Repercussions -- Polarized. | |
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