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008			190412s2019 nyuaf e 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780062862914 _q(hardcover)
020			_a006286291X _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1104816653
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100	1		_aHulse, Carl, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aConfirmation bias : _binside Washington's war over the Supreme Court, from Scalia's death to Justice Kavanaugh / _cCarl Hulse.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, _c[2019]
300			_aviii, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _bcolor illustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aCalling 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 -- Lack of Judicial temperament -- Should ideology matter? -- Filibusted -- The gang's all here -- Battle lines -- Going nuclear -- Dumbledore -- Stalemate -- Upset -- Postmortem m-- Gorsuch -- One horse-sized duck -- Nuclear winter -- Giving the slip to the blue ship -- 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.
520			_aThe 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.-- _cPublisher's description.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bSupreme Court _xOfficials and employees _xSelection and appointment.
650		0	_aJudges _xSelection and appointment _zUnited States.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bSupreme Court _xHistory _y21st century.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2009-2017.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2017-
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