Packing the Court : : the Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court
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The first courtpackers -- John Marshall's Constitution -- The Dred decision -- War powers: Lincoln vs. Taney -- Deconstruction: Republican reversal -- A court for the gilded age -- The triumphant Mr. Taft -- FDR's boldest gamble -- "Wild horses" : the Roosevelt court -- Leadership: the Warren court -- Republicans as activists -- Hard right: the Cheney-Bush court -- Ending judicial supremacy -- The justices of the Supreme Court.
From renowned political theorist and Pulitzer Prize winner James MacGregor Burns, an illuminating critique of how an unstable, unaccountable, and frequently partisan Supreme Court has come to wield more power than the founding fathers ever intended.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 326 p. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781594202193
1594202192
SUBJECTS
United States. -- Supreme Court -- History.
Political questions and judicial power.
Judges -- Selection and appointment.