United States Supreme Court and Politics - Judicial Retirements, the Docket, and the Nomination Process

While common-sense attitudes towards the United States Supreme Court have been focused on what decisions they are likely to make, this book aims to focus on the impacts of other politicized elements of the Court. Through statistical modeling and other quantitative analyses, Justin DePlato examines the ability of the presidency and the Senate to influence and shape policy through the Court's nomination process, docket selection, and judicial retirements. The Court operating as a political institution threatens to affect, where it hasn't already outright intervened, civil liberties and social issues in the modern era and represents a controversial mechanic in the workings of American statecraft.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The Court, Ideology and Decision making
Chapter 2: Judicial Nominations and Ideology
Chapter 3: The Diminishing Docket
Chapter 4: Judicial Retirements 

About the author

Justin P DePlato is associate professor of political science at Robert Morris University.

Summary

While commonsense attitudes towards the United States Supreme Court have been focused on what decisions they are likely to make, this book focuses on the impacts of other politicized elements of the Court, such as the nomination process, docket selection, and judicial retirements.

Product details

• Authors: Justin P. Deplato, DePlato Justin P.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498512183
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1218-3
• No. of pages: 102
• Assisted by: Matthew M. Markulin
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, LAW / Courts, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Judicial Branch, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts & procedures