Supreme Court appointments : Judge Bork and the politicization of Senate confirmations / Norman Vieira and Leonard Gross.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-299) and index.

Preface -- I. The Bork nomination 1.Exit Justice Powell 2.Enter Judge Bork 3.Battle lines form 4.The first crucial issue -- II. Committee hearings 1.The judiciary committee 2.The ultimate stakes: controlling the direction of the court 3.The right of privacy: contraception, abortion, and sterilization 4.Civil rights 5.The reverend and the rabbi: church-state issues 6.Free speech 7.Ethical questions: Watergate revisited 8.The ABA 9.Other witnesses 10.The media company: polling and advertising in the confirmation process -- III. Action by the Senate 1.Mounting pressure: the uncommitted senators 2.The struggle outside 3.The senate debate: battling for history's verdict 4.The new nominees: Ginsburg and Kennedy -- IV. Judicial confirmations in the post-Bork era 1. Judge Souter: a stealth nominee 2.Clarence Thomas: round one 3.Clarence Thomas: enter Anita Hill 4.Judge Ginsburg: a democrat faces the confirmation process 5.Judge Breyer revisited 6.The Bork precedent: a search for meaning -- Notes -- Index -- About the authors.

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