Supreme Disorder Av Ilya Shapiro

<B>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2021: POLITICS BY <i>THE WALL STREET JOURNAL</i><BR><BR>"A must-read for anyone interested in the Supreme Court."—MIKE LEE</B><B>,</B> Republican senator from Utah<BR><BR> Politics have always intruded on Supreme Court appointments. But although the Framers would recognize the way justices are nominated and confirmed today, something is different. Why have appointments to the high court become one of the most explosive features of our system of government?<BR><BR> As Ilya Shapiro makes clear in <i>Supreme Disorder</i>, this problem is part of a larger phenomenon. As government has grown, its laws reaching even further into our lives, the courts that interpret those laws have become enormously powerful. If we fight over each new appointment as though everything were at stake, it’s because it is.<BR><BR> When decades of constitutional corruption have left us subject to an all-powerful tribunal, passions are sure to flare