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04221aam a2200433 i 4500 001 29D2A7CEE5A311E9B7B99A5997128E48 003 SILO 005 20191003010029 008 181120s2019 scuaf b 001 0deng 010 $a 2018054727 020 $a 1611179874 020 $a 9781611179873 035 $a (OCoLC)1076407111 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d UCILW $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d CLU $d TEU $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF8745 T27 L87 2019 084 $a HIS036060 $a HIS036060 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Lurie, Jonathan, $d 1939- $e author. 245 14 $a The Chief Justiceship of William Howard Taft, 1921-1930 / $c Jonathan Lurie. 264 1 $a Columbia, South Carolina : $b The University of South Carolina Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xiv, 255 pages, 6 leaves of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a Chief Justiceships of the United States Supreme Court 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-241) and index. 505 00 $t 1928-1929, part II : the Taft court in decline. $t Arrival and beginnings, 1921-1922 -- $t New arrivals, ongoing litigation, and new statutes -- $t The judges' bill, 1922-1925 -- $t 1924-1925 : a final appointment amid emerging judicial trends -- $t 1926 : lengthening shadows, and litigation of significance -- $t 1927-1928, part I : civil rights, civil wrongs, and some apparent cracks in classical legal thought -- $t 1927-1928, part II : battle lines harden, and planning for the future -- $t 1928-1929, part I : the fissures deepen -- $t 1928-1929, part II : the Taft court in decline. 520 $a "Jonathan Lurie offers a comprehensive examination of the Supreme Court tenure of the only person to have held the offices of president of the United States and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Taft joined the Court during the Jazz Age and the era of prohibition, a period of disillusion and retreat from the idealism reflected during Woodrow Wilson's presidency. Lurie considers how conservative trends at this time were reflected in key decisions of Taft's court. Although Taft was considered an undistinguished chief executive, such a characterization cannot be applied to his tenure as chief justice. Lurie demonstrates that Taft's leadership on this tribunal, matched by his productive relations with Congress, in effect created the modern Supreme Court. Furthermore he draws on the unpublished letters Taft wrote to his three children, Robert, Helen, and Charles, generally once a week. His missives contain an intriguing mixture of family news, insights concerning contemporaneous political issues, and occasional commentary on his fellow justices and cases under consideration. Lurie structures his study in parallel with the eight full terms in which Taft occupied the center seat. Lurie examines key decisions while avoiding legal jargon wherever possible. The high point of Taft's chief justiceship was the period from 1921 to 1925. The second part of his tenure was in fact a period of slow decline, with his health worsening with each passing year. By early 1930 he was forced to resign, and his death soon followed. In the epilogue Lurie explains why Taft is still regarded as an outstanding chief justice--if not a great jurist--and details why this distinction is important."-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Taft, William H. $q (William Howard), $d 1857-1930. 610 10 $a United States. $b Supreme Court $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Supreme Court $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1919-1933. 650 0 $a Constitutional history $z United States $y 20th century. 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Lurie, Jonathan, 1939- $t Chief Justiceship of William Howard Taft. $d Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2019 $z 9781611179880 $w (OCoLC)1076420251 $w (OCoLC)1076420251 830 0 $a Chief justiceships of the United States Supreme Court 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20200318012226.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191204012517.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=29D2A7CEE5A311E9B7B99A5997128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search