Your Past and the Press!: Controversial Presidential Appointments: A Study Focusing on the Impact of Interest Groups and Media Activity on the A

Through exploring the public depiction of Judge Robert Bork and Professor Lani Guinier, Your Past and the Press! elucidates how interest groups and the media influence the confirmation process for top-level government appointees. Illuminating the sequence of events characterized by the derailment of Bork and Guinier, author Joseph Michael Green details the activities surrounding the entire nomination process, from the announcement of a nominee to his/her ultimate defeat.

Joseph Michael Green is Director of the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program and Director of the RAMP Scholars Program, University of Central Florida, Orlando. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Howard University, Washington, D.C.