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Author:

Burns, James MacGregor.

Title:

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

Format:

[Lg. print] :

Edition:

Large print ed.

Publisher:

Thorndike Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

561 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Unabridged. Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-557).

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.

Series:

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

ISBN:

141041972X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781410419729 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)383835114

LCCN:

2009023270

Locations:

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)