Download or read book The Supreme Court from Taft to Burger written by Alpheus Thomas Mason and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1980-09-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past half century the Supreme Court has been a storm center of controversy. Since 1920 the Court has shattered precedent after precedent and has leveled a number of social, political, and economic landmarks. This perceptive study of the Court during that period received much critical acclaim when it was published in 1958 and revised ten years later. In this third edition, Alpheus Thomas Mason, one of the country’s leading authorities on the Court, updates his survey to include some of the most dramatic events in its history. In a new preface, Mason sets the tone for his treatment of the Burger Court, saying, “One thing seems certain: never before has the Supreme Court put its constitutional fingers in so many social, cultural, and political pies. The irony is that four of its present members were elected as ‘strict constructionist.’” Mason examines the dicta of various justices against the background of the times and the issues with which they were concerned: the judicial slaughter of legislation in the early thirties and Roosevelt’s retaliatory “courtpacking” attempt in 1937, judicially sanctioned federal interference in economic affairs, the bitterly contested integration decisions in 1954, and the explosive rulings of the 1960s supporting federal intervention in the fields of education, representation, and criminal justice. Mason also covers Earl Warren’s resignation as Chief Justice, the Senate’s refusal to confirm Johnson’s nomination of Abe Fortas for Chief Justice and Fortas’ later resignation under political pressure, the failure of two Nixon nominees—Haynesworth and Carswell—to receive Senate endorsement, the impeachment proceedings initiated against William O. Douglas, Nixon’s avowal to reverse the Warren Court’s protection of civil rights and liberties by appointing a “law and order” Court, and the implications of the Stanford Daily and Bakke cases. Professor Mason’s insight into the peculiar nature of the judicial function brings a deeper understanding of the Court as a creative force in American life.
Download or read book The Supreme Court from Taft to Burger written by Alpheus Thomas Mason and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right written by Michael J. Graetz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magnitude of the Burger Court has been underestimated by historians. When Richard Nixon ran for president in 1968, "Impeach Earl Warren" billboards dotted the landscape, especially in the South. Nixon promised to transform the Supreme Court--and with four appointments, including a new chief justice, he did. This book tells the story of the Supreme Court that came in between the liberal Warren Court and the conservative Rehnquist and Roberts Courts: the seventeen years, 1969 to 1986, under Chief Justice Warren Burger. It is a period largely written off as a transitional era at the Supreme Court when, according to the common verdict, "nothing happened." How wrong that judgment is. The Burger Court had vitally important choices to make: whether to push school desegregation across district lines; how to respond to the sexual revolution and its new demands for women's equality; whether to validate affirmative action on campuses and in the workplace; whether to shift the balance of criminal law back toward the police and prosecutors; what the First Amendment says about limits on money in politics. The Burger Court forced a president out of office while at the same time enhancing presidential power. It created a legacy that in many ways continues to shape how we live today. Written with a keen sense of history and expert use of the justices' personal papers, this book sheds new light on an important era in American political and legal history.--Adapted from dust jacket.
Download or read book The Burger Court written by Charles M. Lamb and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers valuable insights into the thirteen justices who served on the Supreme Court while Warren E. Burger was chief justice, from 1969 to 1986. Each chapter focuses on one of the thirteen, beginning with a brief introduction and biographical sketch and then analyzing the individual justice's contributions to major areas and issues of constitutional law.
Download or read book Battles on the Bench written by Phillip J. Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Superb. Cooper illustrates conflict on the Court with amusing, touching, gripping, shocking, and at times profound anecdotes". -- Tinsley E. Yarbrough, author of Mr. Justice Black and His Critics. "A fascinating story and sound political analysis". -- Sheldon Goldman, author of Constitutional Law and Supreme Court Decision Making.
Download or read book The Burger Court written by Bernard Schwartz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warren E. Burger served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1969 to 1987, an often tumultuous period in which the Court wrestled with several compelling constitutional issues. An impressive collection of writings by legal scholars and practitioners, including many by people who worked directly or indirectly with the Court itself. The Burger Court: Counter-Revolution or Confirmation? is the first truly systematic review of the Court's activity during Warren Burger's tenure. Such distinguished contributors as Derrick Bell, Robert Drinan, Anthony Lewis, and Mark Tushnet review individual cases and jurisprudential trends in order to render comprehensive judgments of the Court's accomplishments and shortcomings.
Download or read book The United States Supreme Court written by Christopher L. Tomlins and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its ability to review and interpret all American law, the U. S. Supreme Court is arguably the most influential branch of government but also the one most carefully shielded from the public gaze.
Download or read book The Burger Years written by Herman Schwartz and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1987 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rights and wrongs in the Supreme Court, 1969-1986.
Download or read book The Supreme Court from Taft to Warren written by Alpheus Thomas Mason and published by Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Supreme Court written by Lawrence Baum and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Path to and From the Supreme Court written by Kermit L. Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available as a single volume or part of the 10 volume set Supreme Court in American Society
Download or read book The Supreme Court A Z written by Kenneth Jost and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, alphabetical encyclopedia of more than 300 easy-to-read entries is the first resource for anyone who wants reliable information or background material on the significant decisions of the Supreme Court, the history of the Court, the justices (every justice is profiled), the powers of the Court, and how the institution has evolved from its origins to the present. Outstanding Academic Book
Download or read book It is So Ordered written by Warren E. Burger and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1995 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief reviews of 15 Supreme Court cases.
Download or read book The Caseload of the Supreme Court and What If Anything to Do about it written by Alexander M. Bickel and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Observations on the Report of the Federal Judicial Center Study Group on the Caseload of the Supreme Court written by Warren E. Burger and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Transformation Of The Supreme Court s Agenda written by Richard Pacelle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we think of judicial activism–the Court's role in making public policy–we often focus on individuals: the Robert Borks or Thurgood Marshalls of the times. In this book, Richard Pacelle explores the institutional judicial activism of the Supreme Court through the dramatic changes in its agenda as it has evolved from 1933 to the present. Once dominated by economic issues, the Supreme Court's agenda is now populated largely by cases involving individual rights and liberties. This shift is hardly accidental, Pacelle argues, and he offers quantitative as well as qualitative assessments of the means and motivations for change. Over 7,500 cases serve as the basis of analysis, and the narrative is amplified by informative appendixes: an explanation of the author's case taxonomy, a chronology of the Court's chief justices, a list of cases cited, and a digest of key cases. The systematic framework provided for tracing historical changes in the Supreme Court's agenda is the first of its kind and is sure to be valuable in future analyses and projections of coming change beyond the Rehnquist Court.
Download or read book The Supreme Court A to Z written by Elder Witt and published by CQ-Roll Call Group Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
