Making the Supreme Court: The Politics of Appointments, 1930-2020

Appointments to the United States Supreme Court are now central events in American political life. However, this has not always been the case. As late as the middle of the twentieth century, presidents invested little time and effort in finding and vetting nominees. Media coverage was desultory, public opinion was largely non-existent, and the justices often voted independently and erratically.



In Making the Supreme Court, Charles M. Cameron and Jonathan P. Kastellec show how the growth of f...