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Author Abraham, Henry J. (Henry Julian), 1921-2020

Title Justices, presidents, and senators : a history of the U.S. Supreme Court appointments from Washington to Bush II / Henry J. Abraham.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2008]
©2008

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 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  347.73 ABR    Check Shelf
Edition 5th new and rev. ed.
Description xiii, 439 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-438) and indexes.
Contents 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) -- Appendix A: Rating Supreme Court justices -- Appendix B: Rating presidents -- Appendix C: Statistical data on Supreme Court justices -- Bibliography. General works -- Works about or by individual justices -- Photo acknowledgments -- Index of cases -- Index of names.
Summary Explains how United States presidents select justices for the Supreme Court, evaluates the performance of each justice, and examines the influence of politics on their selection.
Subject United States. Supreme Court -- History.
United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees.
USA Supreme Court.
United States. Supreme Court. (OCoLC)fst00529481
Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States.
Executive power -- United States.
Political questions and judicial power -- United States.
Judges -- United States.
Richter.
Ernennung.
United States.
Executive power. (OCoLC)fst00917857
Judges -- Selection and appointment. (OCoLC)fst00984544
Political questions and judicial power. (OCoLC)fst01069674
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title History of the U.S. Supreme Court appointments from Washington to Bush II
Other Form: Online version: Abraham, Henry Julian, 1921- Justices, presidents, and senators. 5th new and rev. ed. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2008 (OCoLC)622128888
ISBN 0742558940 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780742558946 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780742558953
0742558959
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