Supreme Bias: Gender and Race in U.S. Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
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In Supreme Bias, Christina L. Boyd, Paul M. Collins, Jr., and Lori A. Ringhand present for the first time a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of race and gender at the Supreme Court confirmation hearings held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Drawing on their deep knowledge of the confirmation hearings, as well as rich new qualitative and quantitative evidence, the authors highlight how the women and people of color who have sat before the Committee have faced a significantly different confirmation process than their white male colleagues. Despite being among the most qualified and well-credentialed lawyers of their respective generations, female nominees and nominees of color face more skepticism of their professional competence, are subjected to stereotype-based questioning, are more frequently interrupted, and are described in less-positive terms by senators. In addition to revealing the disturbing extent to which race and gender bias exist even at the highest echelon of U.S. legal power, this book also provides concrete suggestions for how that bias can be reduced in the future.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
ONE: Diversifying the Federal Courts
TWO: The Supreme Court Confirmation Process
THREE: Theorizing Bias in the Confirmation Hearings
FOUR: Professional Competence and Expertise
FIVE: Interruptions
SIX: Language Choices
SEVEN: Gender, Race, and the Thomas-Hill
and Kavanaugh-Blasey Ford Special Sessions
EIGHT: Reflecting and Looking Forward
Notes
References
Index
ISBN
9781503632691
Publication Date
10-2023
Publisher
Stanford University Press
City
Stanford, CA
Keywords
law, constitutional law, U.S. courts, law and society, politics, judicial politics, gender, race, U.S. senate, senate judiciary committee
Disciplines
American Politics | Supreme Court of the United States
Repository Citation
Boyd, Christina L.; Collins, Jr., Paul M.; and Ringhand, Lori A., "Supreme Bias: Gender and Race in U.S. Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings" (2023). Books. 173.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/books/173