Shelf 5 of 7 · The Senate’s Graveyard
Nomination & Confirmation Battles
The Senate’s graveyard and its spectacles — from Bork through Thomas–Hill to Kavanaugh.
Tribe, Laurence H. God Save This Honorable Court: How the Choice of Supreme Court Justices Shapes Our History.
Bronner, Ethan. Battle for Justice: How the Bork Nomination Shook America.
Greenburg, Jan Crawford. Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court. 2007.
Simon, Paul. Advice & Consent: Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork, and the Intriguing History of the Supreme Court’s Nomination Battles.
Mayer, Jane, and Jill Abramson. Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas. 1994.
Danforth, John C. Resurrection: The Confirmation of Clarence Thomas.
Hill, Anita. Speaking Truth to Power.
Phelps, Timothy M., and Helen Winternitz. Capitol Games: Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill, and the Story of a Supreme Court Nomination.
Brock, David. The Real Anita Hill: The Untold Story.
Morrison, Toni, ed. Race-ing Justice, En-gendering Power: Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the Construction of Social Reality. 1992.
Hemingway, Mollie, and Carrie Severino. Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court. 2019.
Pogrebin, Robin, and Kate Kelly. The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation. 2019.
Lovelace, Ryan. Search and Destroy: Inside the Campaign against Brett Kavanaugh. 2019.
Shogan, Robert. A Question of Judgment: The Fortas Case and the Struggle for the Supreme Court. 1972.
Haygood, Wil. Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America. 2015.
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