Supreme Court

Name: Supreme Court
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ISBN: 9780375708619

ISBN-10: 0375708618

ISBN-13: 9780375708619

Edition: 2002 (Revised)

Authors: William H. Rehnquist

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This new edition of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist’s classic book offers a lively and accessible history of the Supreme Court. His engaging writing illuminates both the high and low points in the Court's history, from Chief Justice Marshall’s dominance of the Court during the early nineteenth century through the landmark decisions of the Warren Court. Citing cases such as the Dred Scott decision and Roosevelt's Court-packing plan, Rehnquist makes clear that the Court does not operate in a vacuum, that the justices are unavoidably influenced by their surroundings, and that their decisions have real and lasting impacts on our society. The public often hears little about the Supreme…

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/5/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: A Law Clerk Comes to Washington



Marbury v. Madison



The Marshall Court



The Taney Court



Justices Miller and Field



Justices Peckham, Holmes, and Brandeis



The Court-Packing Plan



The New Deal Court



The Steel Seizure Case in the Lower Courts



The Steel Seizure Case in the Supreme Court



The Warren Court



Presidential Appointments to the Supreme Court



Certioraris: Picking the Cases to Be Decided



How the Court Does Its Work: Oral Argument



How the Court Does Its Work: Deciding the Cases



The Court in Its Third Century


App.: Table of Cases


Bibliography


Index