Justices and Presidents A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court

Name: Justices and Presidents A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court
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ISBN: 9780195034806

ISBN-10: 0195034805

ISBN-13: 9780195034806

Edition: 2nd 1985

Authors: Henry J. Abraham

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List price: $16.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/28/1985
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

Preface	p. vii
Preface to the First Edition	p. ix
Introductory Reflections	p. 3
The Nixon Era	p. 13
How They Get There: Appointing Supreme Court Justices	p. 24
Why They Get There	p. 49
The First Forty Years: from George Washington to John Quincy Adams, 1789-1829	p. 71
The Next Forty Years: from Andrew Jackson to Andrew Johnson, 1829-1869	p. 95
The Balance of the Nineteenth Century: from Ulysses S. Grant to William Mckinley, 1869-1901	p. 126
Into the Twentieth Century: from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Hoover, 1901-1933	p. 156
The Court Alters Course: FDR and Truman, 1933-1953	p. 208
The Warren Court: from Ike to Lbj, 1953-1969	p. 251
The Burger Court: from Nixon to Reagan, 1969-1986	p. 296
The Rehnquist Court: Reagan and Bush 1986	p. 349
Epilogue	p. 370
Rating Supreme Court Justices	p. 412
Rating Presidents	p. 415
Table of Succession of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States Showing Years of Active on the Court	p. 418
Bibliography: selected Biographies, Autobiographies, and Related Works Of, and By, Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States	p. 427
Index	p. 453
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