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The Confirmation Mess: Cleaning up the Federal Appointments Process Book

Stephen Carter looks at what is wrong with the US confirmation process explores how it got that way and suggests solutions. Using the 1990s confirmation battles as examples Carter argues that this will continue until there is a change in attitude toward public service and the US Supreme Court.Read More

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    This book, Stephen L. Carter writes, "is about the difference between arguing the merits of a proposed appointment and turning the public debate into the intellectual equivalent of a barroom brawl." He does not take sides; he finds what happened to Robert Bork as distasteful as what happened to Lani Guinier. And, with a flair for sophisticated arguments couched in plain language evident throughout his work, he argues that the only way things will get better is if the American people redefine their attitude to public service, envisioning it as a job for those competent to perform it rather than a bonus to be handed out to those who have earned favor with ruling parties.

  • Product Description

    The author of the provocative books The Culture of Disbelief and Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby sheds new light on the process that has manufactured such public fiascoes as the Clarence Thomas hearings and the Lani Guinier travesty. "A lesson in the perils of the reforming spirit".-- Commentary.

  • 0465013651
  • 9780465013654
  • Stephen L. Carter
  • 15 April 1995
  • Basic Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 272
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