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Author:

Burns, James MacGregor.

Title:

Packing the court : the rise of judicial power and the coming crisis of the Supreme Court / James MacGregor Burns.

Publisher:

The Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

326 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Supreme Court--History.
Political questions and judicial power--United States.
Judges--Selection and appointment--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-312) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1594202192
9781594202193

OCLC:

(OCoLC)276819723

LCCN:

2009003987

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

GCPC771 -- Mitchellville Public Library (Mitchellville)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

CXPC586 -- Keck Memorial Library (Wapello)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)