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Author Stephenson, D. Grier.

Title Campaigns and the court : the U.S. Supreme Court in presidential elections / Donald Grier Stephenson, Jr.

Imprint New York : Columbia University Press, c1999.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  347.732636 St45c    ---  Available
Description xiv, 363 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Power, conflict, and democracy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-340) and index.
Contents The Constitution, politics, and the Supreme Court -- The election of 1800 : partisan beginnings -- The election of 1832 : partisanship revived -- The election of 1860 : limits of partisanship -- The elections of 1896, 1912, and 1924 : partisanship redirected -- The election of 1936 : a constitutional divide -- The election of 1968 : partisanship destabilized -- The elections of 1980 and 1984 : whose Constitution? -- Presidential campaigns and the Supreme Court -- The presidency and Congress, 1789-1999 -- Presidents and justices, 1789-1999.
Subject United States. Supreme Court -- History.
Electioneering -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History.
ISBN 0231100353 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0231100345 (alk. paper)

 
    
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