| Edition |
New and rev. ed., [4th ed.] |
| Description |
xiii, 429 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-410) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introductory reflections. Of criteria, evaluations, and judgments -- The Nixon era. A turbulent case study -- How they get there. Appointing Supreme Court justices -- Why they get there. Qualifications and rationalizations -- The first forty years. From George Washington to John Quincy Adams, 1789-1829 -- The next forty years. From Andrew Jackson to Andrew Johnson, 1829-1869 -- The balance of the nineteenth century : From Ulysses S. Grant to William McKinley, 1869-1901 -- Into the twentieth century. From Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Hoover, 1901-1933 -- The court alters course. FDR and Truman, 1933-1953 -- The Warren Court. From Ike to LBJ, 1953-1969 -- The Burger Court. From Nixon to Reagan, 1969-1986 -- The Rehnquist Court. Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, 1986- -- Appendix A : Rating Supreme Court justices -- Appendix B : Rating presidents -- Appendix C : Statistical data on Supreme Court justices -- Bibliography. General works -- Works about or by individual justices -- Photo acknowledgments -- Index of cases -- Index of names. |
| Subject |
United States. Supreme Court -- History.
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United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
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Judges -- Selection and appointment.
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Executive power.
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Political questions and judicial power.
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| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Justices and presidents |
| ISBN |
0847696057 (paper : alk. paper) |
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0847696049 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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