Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of the American Judiciary

Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of the American Judiciary

Navarro, Sharon A.; Hernandez, Samantha L.

Cambridge University Press

11/2018

196

Dura

Inglês

9781108429887

15 a 20 dias

420

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1. Qualification, selection, and retirement characteristics of women, minorities, and minority women state Supreme Court judges Nancy Bays Arrington; 2. Latinas and the Texas judiciary: the intersection of race, gender, and judiciary Sharon A. Navarro; 3. Structural and partisan influences on the ascension of women of color to state appellate courts Barbara L. Graham and Adriano Udani; 4. LGBT judges in the US Donald Haider-Markel and Patrick Gauding; 5. Race, gender, and the battle to seat Constance Baker Motley, the first black woman appoint to the federal bench Taneisha Nicole Means; 6. Diversity abound: will federal judicial appointees mirror a changing citizenry? Shenita Brazelton and LaTasha Chaffin; 7. Marked for excellence: race, gender, and the treatment of Supreme Court-worthy nominees to the US courts of appeals Lisa M. Holmes; 8. Navigating rising to the top: Justice Sotomayor Samantha L. Hernandez.