New Books in Political Science

Victor Li, "Supreme Pressure: The Rejection of John J. Parker and the Birth of the Modern Supreme Court Confirmation Process" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)

Victor Li's book, "Supreme Pressure," explores the 1930 Supreme Court nomination of John J. Parker. The book examines how the rejection of Parker, due to a campaign by labor and civil rights groups, became a turning point in American judicial politics and laid the foundation for…

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