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Justices and presidents : a political history of appointments to the Supreme Court
Record details
- ISBN: 0195034791
- ISBN: 9780195034790
- ISBN: 0195034805
- ISBN: 9780195034806
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 430 pages ; 22 cm - Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes indexes. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-416). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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 : F.D.R. and Truman, 1933-1953 -- The Warren court : from Ike to L.B.J., 1953-1969 -- The Burger court : from Nixon to Reagan, 1969- -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Rating Supreme Court justices -- Appendix B. Rating presidents -- Appendix C. Table of succession of the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States -- Appendix D. Statistical data on Supreme Court justices. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | KF 8742 .A27 1985 | 255647 | Stacks | Available | - |