TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bybee,Keith J.
TI  - Bench press: the collision of courts, politics, and the media 
SN  - 9780804756778 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - KF5130 .B457 2007
U1  - 347.73/14 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Stanford, CA
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Political questions and judicial power
KW  - United States
KW  - Judges
KW  - Selection and appointment
KW  - Mass media and judicial power
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index; pt.1. Context -- Preserving public confidence in the courts in an age of individual rights and public skepticism -- Politicizing the process: the new politics of state judicial elections -- pt.2. Views from the bench --An essay on judicial selection: a brief history -- Judicial independence: the courts and the media -- Politics and the confirmation process: thoughts on the Roberts and Alito hearings -- Selecting the judiciary: who should be the judge? -- pt.3. Views from the media -- Winners and losers -- The Internet and the judiciary: we are all experts now -- The distance between judges and journalists
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007007299.html
ER  -