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Wouwe, Bastiaan Willem van (2013)

Afwijzingen van rechters in het Amerikaanse Hooggerechtshof: Toeval of bestaat er een verband?

Master thesis | History (MA)

In this study the relation between the most recent failed nominations of the U.S. Supreme Court judges Clement Haynsworth, G. Harrold Carswell, Robert Bork and a changing image of the Supreme Court and its judges has been studied. Different factors such as a changing nomination procedure, a strong increase of political and media involvement in the most recent rejections and the changed public image of the Supreme Court and its judges in the American society show that there is a connection between the most recent failed nominations and a changed image of the Supreme Court and its judges. The rejections in particular show that political and public involvement in the nominations caused a decrease of the “neutral” and “mythical” image of the court and its judges, which lead to a less exclusive and more democratic position among the other politicial institutions.

The American Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court of the United States

Failed nominations of the U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court judges

Senatorial hearings on Supreme Court judges

American history

History of the Supreme Court

Author

Wouwe, Bastiaan Willem van

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

MA American History

Supervisors

Bilt, E.F. van de
Quispel, G.C.

ECTS Credits

30

Language

nl