The Supreme Court and the American elite, 1789-2008
By: Lucas A. Powe, Jr.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9780674032675
Subjects: United States. -- Supreme Court -- History; Constitutional history -- United States; Law -- Political aspects
Description: "'The Supreme Court follows the election returns, ' the fictional Mr. Dooley observed a hundred years ago. And for all our ideals and dreams of a disinterested judiciary, above the political fray, it seems Mr. Dooley was right. In this engaging--and disturbing--book, a leading historian of the Court reveals the close fit between its decisions and the nation's politics."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Very modest beginnings; title: The court in a two-party republic; title: The states and the republic; title: The sectional crisis and the Jacksonian court; title: Civil War and Reconstruction; title: Industrializing America; title: Progressivism, normalcy, and depression; title: After the New Deal constitutional revolution; title: Reforming America; title: An uneasy status quo; title: An imperial court.