Open AccessFilibuster w procedurze powoływania sędziów Sądu Najwyższego Stanów Zjednoczonych na przykładzie ostatniej nominacji
Author(s) -
Izabela Kraśnicka
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
przegląd europejski
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2657-6023
pISSN - 1641-2478
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0013.0036
Subject(s) - nomination , presidential system , political science , supreme court , law , context (archaeology) , humanities , philosophy , history , politics , archaeology
The aim of the article is to examine the Senate’s procedure in the appointment of the US Supreme Court justices, with special emphasis on the use of filibuster as a mechanism of blocking the presidential nomination. The analysis seems significant in the context of the on-going debates concerning the judiciary reforms in the European countries. The adopted hypothesis presumes that changes implemented in the Senate procedure during the last attempts to fill the vacancy after the death of one of the justices in 2016, have disturbed the established traditions and have significantly weakened and dangerously politicised the procedure.