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dc.contributor.advisorWesterland, Chad
dc.contributor.authorSchneider, Melissa Ilyse
dc.creatorSchneider, Melissa Ilyse
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-24T03:25:46Z
dc.date.available2022-08-24T03:25:46Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationSchneider, Melissa Ilyse. (2022). RETHINKING SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATION POLITICS: A CASE FOR TERM LIMITS (Bachelor's thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/665866
dc.description.abstractThe Supreme Court confirmation process is an essential aspect of ensuring the democratic accountability of the Court. Given that the Supreme Court is an undeniably important institution with far-reaching influence, the process and senators responsible for confirming justices should be chiefly focused on ensuring that the Court is comprised of the most supremely qualified individuals. While politics have naturally always been intertwined in the confirmation process, the current polarization in the Senate has significantly elevated the heated political debate over confirmations to an unprecedented level. As a result of the contentiousness and politicization of the process, the confirmation process has shifted the focus away from objective qualifications and toward politics, ideology, and partisanship. Today, bipartisan confirmation votes have virtually disappeared and one can predict with a high degree of certainty exactly how senators will vote based on the nominating president’s party. The polarization of the Senate has resulted in a confirmation process that feels too consequential, thus calling for reform that lowers the temperature. This thesis, through a review of historical and current data, as well as a wide range of literature, will identify term limits for Supreme Court justices as the optimal option to reform this broken process.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.
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dc.titleRETHINKING SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATION POLITICS: A CASE FOR TERM LIMITS
dc.typeElectronic Thesis
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thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizona
thesis.degree.levelbachelors
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Science
thesis.degree.disciplineHonors College
thesis.degree.nameB.A.
refterms.dateFOA2022-08-24T03:25:46Z


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