The Supreme Court in American Politics [Hardcover]

The Supreme Court's involvement in many hot political and personal conflicts makes crucial an understanding of its internal workings and evolution. This book gives students a firm historical and institutional base upon which to evaluate contemporary Supreme Court decisions and the impact of those decisions on the lives of ordinary citizens.What is Nature and Power of the Supreme Court in American Life? The Politics and Process of Judicial Selection: What is the Role of Politics in the Selection of Justices to the U.S Supreme Court? Agenda Setting in the Supreme Court Politics of Decision Making on the Merits Assessing the Impact of Supreme Court Decisions Supreme Court Justices in the American Mind

Isaac Unah's book is a very welcome and exciting addition to undergraduate teaching on the Supreme Court. The book is exceptionally well written and engaging; it is rich in historical detail about key events and people that shaped this important institution. Examples cover the early days of the nation, through its development, and into modern and recent times. The book effectively introduces the most important questions and theories about the Supreme Court to students in a way that gives them a comprehensive view of political science research on the Court. I am looking forward to using this book in my classes. - Valerie Hoekstra, Associate Professor of Political Science, Arizona State University

In The Supreme Court in American Politics, Unah provides an incredibly comprehensive portrait of the Court as a political institution, carefully tracking and exploring the appointment process, decision making from certiorari review to oral argument to merits determination, and finally the impact of the Court s decisions. Carefully grounded in the existing literature, this book will serve graduate and undergraduate students of the Supreme Court well by laying a solid and sophisticated groundwork for their understanding of this important institution. - l)