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Rich in detail and peppered with intriguing insights, Kalman's study will benefit legal historians, political scientists, court watchers, and others who find themselves wondering what history can teach us about the politics of the present. * The Chronicle Review * [P]owerfully argued and timely....A masterly melding of history, legal history, and political science... * Library Journal, starred review * Not all legal history is as readable as this, nor is it as crisply argued without turgid legalese...The author successfully locates the nexus between legal and political history and makes a compelling case for the period in question being a clear and vital turning point. Kalman presents an accessible, lucid brief on how our Supreme Court appointment system became the mess that it is. * Kirkus Reviews * [E]ngagingly written....Rich in detail and peppered with intriguing insights, Kalman's study will benefit legal historians, political scientists, court watchers, and others who find themselves wondering what history can teach us about the politics of the present. * Amanda Hollis-Brusky, The Chronicle of Higher Education * Kalman deftly argues that confirmation hearings with little substance, nominees selected exclusively from Harvard and Yale, and the heavy emphasis on past judicial experience are a direct consequence of the lessons presidents have learned from this critical period. * C. Shortell, CHOICE *

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Laura Kalman is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, a member of the California Bar, and past president of the American Society for Legal History. She is the author of Right Star Rising: A New Politics, 1974-1980, Yale Law School and the Sixties: Revolt and Reverberations, The Strange Career of Legal Liberalism, Abe Fortas: A Biography, and Legal Realism at Yale, 1927-1960.

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