For much of American history, Supreme Court nominations attracted little public attention. The rancorous public hearings that characterize contemporary confirmation struggles were unheard of prior to the twentieth century. Today, except for presidential campaigns, no single constitutional event produces more controversy and interest than the nomination of a Supreme Court Justice. The intense scrutiny of this process is not surprising, as the Court addresses profound issues of civil rights and liberties, constitutional law, and economics policy, and the power of one vote is considerable. As...
For much of American history, Supreme Court nominations attracted little public attention. The rancorous public hearings that characterize contempo...
"Public Address and Moral Judgment "offers a critical look at the ways in which public address can enact moral codes, articulate moral judgments, and manifest ethical tensions. Each chapter carefully examines specific examples of public address for their moral dimensions, exploring how public address functions to articulate and express the ethical tensions of its time and context. The contributors highlight important and often different ways that public address works to expose problematics in ethical tensionsproblematics of language and imagery, metaphor and character, genre and...
"Public Address and Moral Judgment "offers a critical look at the ways in which public address can enact moral codes, articulate moral judgments, a...
