Citizens, Courts, and Confirmations: Positivity Theory and the Judgments of the American People

by James L. Gibson (Author), Gregory A. Caldeira (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2009

  $38.92

  Over the years the American public has witnessed several hard-fought battles over nominees to the US Supreme Court. This book examines one such fight 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.