Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: The Two Faces of Judicial Power 1
5. I Context
6. 1 Preserving Public Confidence in the Courts in an Age of Individual Rights and Public Skepticism 21
7. 2 Politicizing the Process: The New Politics of State Judicial Elections 52
8. II Views from the Bench
9. 3 An Essay on Judicial Selection: A Brief History 77
10. 4 Judicial Independence: The Courts and the Media 114
11. 5 Politics and the Confirmation Process: Thoughts on the Roberts and Alito Hearings 123
12. 6 Selecting the Judiciary: Who Should Be the Judge? 131
13. III Views from the Media
14. 7 Winners and Losers 153
15. 8 The Internet and the Judiciary: We Are All Experts Now 177
16. 9 The Distance between Judges and Journalists 185
17. Afterword: The State of Judicial Independence 197
18. Contributors 203
19. Cited Authorities 207
20. Bibliography 211
21. Index 227