The Burger Court and the rise of the judicial right
By: Michael J. Graetz and Linda Greenhouse
Contributors: Greenhouse, Linda, author
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9781476732503
Subjects: United States; Political questions and judicial power; United States. Supreme Court; History
Description: "Drawing on the personal papers of justices as well as other archives, a first-of-its-kind book provides a fresh perspective at the Warren Burger Supreme Court, digging down to the roots of its most significant decisions and shows how their legacy affects us today,"--NoveList.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A counterrevolution reclaimed; title: Part one: Crime. The fall and rise of the death penalty ; Taming the trilogy ; Closing the federal courthouse doors; title: Part two: Race. Still separate, still unequal ; Seeking a higher education; title: Part three: Social transformation. Privacy at a price ; The rocky road to sex equality ; Expression and repression ; A religious people's court; title: Part four: Business. Corporations are people too ; Battling workplace inequality; title: Part five: The Presidency. Power and its abuse ; Richard Nixon in Warren Burger's court; title: Conclusion: A lasting legacy.