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Justices and presidents : a political history of appointments to the Supreme Court

Author: Henry Julian Abraham
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 3rd edView all editions and formats
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Abraham, Henry Julian, 1921-
Justices and presidents.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1992
(OCoLC)555791404
Online version:
Abraham, Henry Julian, 1921-
Justices and presidents.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1992
(OCoLC)609209382
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Henry Julian Abraham
ISBN: 0195065573 9780195065572
OCLC Number: 23179830
Description: xiv, 467 p. ; 22 cm.
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 and Bush, 1986-.
Responsibility: Henry J. Abraham.
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