When Richard Nixon became president in 1969, he had laid out a conservative agenda for shaping the federal courts. He criticized the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, for its activism on behalf of the rights of criminals and minorities. Nixon wanted the states to decide such matters rather than receive detailed instructions from the unelected Supreme Court. Republican presidents and conservative activists have since followed Nixon's rhetoric and looked for proof of a conservative ideology in candidates. Members of Congress and presidents have realized how powerful an active Supreme Court can be, and that fact has raised the stakes for Supreme Court nominations. This thesis explores how and why the Supreme Court nomination ...
Robert H. Bork's nomination to the United States Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate on October...
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Richard Nixon\u27s criticism of the Warren Court during the 1968 presidential campaign centered larg...
Why do some Republican Supreme Court Justices evolve over time, becoming more liberal than they were...
In recent years, we have come to expect the debate over Supreme Court nominations to reflect ideolog...
During 2005, President George W. Bush appointed Federal Circuit Court Judges John G. Roberts and Sam...
In recent years, presidents have utilized public appeals on behalf of their nominees to the U.S. Cou...
Erwin Chemerinsky maintains that President George W. Bush took a historic opportunity to fill Suprem...
The inauguration of President Bill Clinton, who will appoint more than three hundred new federal jud...
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The most important appointments a president makes are those to the Supreme Court of the United State...
When President George W. Bush declared that his Supreme Court nominee, Harriet E. Miers, was "not go...
Presidents play the critical role in determining who will serve as justices on the Supreme Court and...
William H. Rehnquist is not going to be Chief Justice forever - much to the chagrin of Republicans, ...
Robert H. Bork's nomination to the United States Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate on October...
Despite all that has been written about the bitter struggle initiated by President Reagan\u27s nomin...
Richard Nixon\u27s criticism of the Warren Court during the 1968 presidential campaign centered larg...
Why do some Republican Supreme Court Justices evolve over time, becoming more liberal than they were...
In recent years, we have come to expect the debate over Supreme Court nominations to reflect ideolog...
During 2005, President George W. Bush appointed Federal Circuit Court Judges John G. Roberts and Sam...
In recent years, presidents have utilized public appeals on behalf of their nominees to the U.S. Cou...
Erwin Chemerinsky maintains that President George W. Bush took a historic opportunity to fill Suprem...
The inauguration of President Bill Clinton, who will appoint more than three hundred new federal jud...
On May 9, President George H.W. Bush announced his first set of nominees for the United States Court...
What may be the most significant achievement of the Reagan-Bush years is one we have only begun to a...
The most important appointments a president makes are those to the Supreme Court of the United State...
When President George W. Bush declared that his Supreme Court nominee, Harriet E. Miers, was "not go...
Presidents play the critical role in determining who will serve as justices on the Supreme Court and...
William H. Rehnquist is not going to be Chief Justice forever - much to the chagrin of Republicans, ...
Robert H. Bork's nomination to the United States Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate on October...
Despite all that has been written about the bitter struggle initiated by President Reagan\u27s nomin...
Richard Nixon\u27s criticism of the Warren Court during the 1968 presidential campaign centered larg...