Robert J. Hume is Professor of Political Science at Fordham University. He is the author of Courthouse Democracy and Minority Rights: Same-Sex Marriage in the States and How Courts Impact Federal Administrative Behavior.

List of Illustrations
Preface
1. The Conspiracy of Silence
2. Competing Explanations for Supreme Court Recusals
3. An Analysis of the Justices' Recusal Practices
4. The Impact of Recusals on Supreme Court Policy Making
5. Other Consequences of Recusals
6. Proposals for Reform
Notes
Works Cited
Cases Cited
Index