TY - ADVS AU - Van Taylor,David AU - Bush,George AU - Leahy,Patrick AU - Alito,Samuel ED - Lumiere Productions (Firm), ED - Kanopy (Firm), TI - Advise & Dissent PY - 2009/// PB - Lumiere Productions KW - Current affairs KW - Justice KW - Criminal law KW - Americans KW - Political science KW - Documentary films KW - lcgft N1 - Title from title frames; Film; In Process Record; George Bush, Patrick Leahy, Samuel Alito; Originally produced by Lumiere Productions in 2009 N2 - Government’s least-understood “Third Branch” has a huge impact on our lives—from abortion to affirmative action, education to the environment, privacy to police action. But in recent years the way we select Supreme Court justices has become dangerously politicized, threatening judicial impartiality. ADVISE & DISSENT is the first documentary to go behind the lines and into the trenches of the judicial confirmation wars. The film tracks two opposing lobbyists and two lions of the Senate through several recent nominations, each of which inflames passions and provokes surprising conflicts and shifting alliances. Both timely and timeless, the film lays bare the collision of politics and justice that is re-shaping America’s future. Winner of the Founders Award at the **Politics On Film Festival**. "*Brilliant ... Every American should see this film*." - Howard Fineman, ***Newsweek Chief Political Correspondent*** UR - https://tus.kanopy.com/node/5059738 UR - https://www.kanopy.com/node/5059738/external-image ER -