Justices, Presidents, and Senators A History of the U. S. Supreme Court Appointments from Washington to Bush II

Name: Justices, Presidents, and Senators A History of the U. S. Supreme Court Appointments from Washington to Bush II
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ISBN: 9780742558953

ISBN-10: 0742558959

ISBN-13: 9780742558953

Edition: 5th 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Henry J. Abraham

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Totally revised and updated, this classic history of the 110 members of the U.S. Supreme addresses the vital questions of why individual justices were nominated to the highest court, how their nominations were received, whether the appointees ultimately lived up to the expectations of the American public, and what their legacy was on the development of American law and society. Enhanced by photographs of every justice from 1789 to 2007.

Book details

List price: $63.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/24/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 7.09" wide x 10.05" long x 1.01" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

The author of numerous books, Henry J. Abraham is James Hart Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. In 1993, he was the first member of the profession to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association.



Preface


Preface to the First Edition



Introductory Reflections: Of Criteria, Evaluations, and Judgments



The Nixon Era: A Turbulent Case Study



How They Get There: Appointing Supreme Court Justices



Why They Get There: Qualifications and Rationalizations



The First Forty Years: From George Washington to John Quincy Adams, 1789-1829



The Next Forty Years: From Andrew Jackson to Andrew Johnson, 1829-1869



The Balance of the Nineteenth Century: From Ulysses S. Grant to William McKinley, 1869-1901



Into the Twentieth Century: From Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Hoover, 1901-1933



The Court Alters Course: FDR and Truman, 1933-1953



The Warren Court: From Ike to LBJ, 1953-1969



The Burger Court: From Nixon to Reagan, 1969-1986



The Rehnquist Court: Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II, 1986-2005



The Roberts Court: Bush II (in part) -



Epilogue


Notes



Rating Supreme Court Justices



Rating Presidents



Statistical Data on Supreme Court Justices


Bibliography


General Works


Works about or by Individual Justices


Photo Acknowledgments


Index of Cases


Index of Names


About the Author