In Confirming JusticeOr Injustice?, Alan DershowitzNew York Times bestselling author and one of Americas most respected legal scholarscontemplates the past, present, and future of the Supreme Court, from the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the confirmation battle looming over President Trumps nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
Alan Dershowitz has been called one of the most prominent and consistent defenders of civil liberties in America by Politico and the nations most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rights by Newsweek. He is also a fair-minded and even-handed expert on the Constitution and American government, and in this book offers his knowledge and insight to help readers understand the current circumstances surrounding the Supreme Court and the looming partisan battle for its future.
Confirming JusticeOr Injustice? is an analysis of every aspect of the possible confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacant seat left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It includes timely commentary on the history and process of confirming justices to the Supreme Court, notes about what might happen if the process is changedsuch as by court packing or instituting age or term limits for justicesand discussion of the roles of the various people and groups who might have input on the confirmation, from the president to the senate to the judiciary committee to the Constitution itself.
In the end, Confirming JusticeOr Injustice? represents an icon in American law and politics reckoning with an increasingly politicized and polarized nomination-and-confirmation process for judges and what those shifts might mean for the country, both now and in days to come. It is essential reading for anyone interested in or concerned about Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett and the process of her possible confirmation, the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the future and fate of the Supreme Courtand American democracy itself.
