Packing the court
Subtitle: the rise of judicial power and the coming crisis of the Supreme Court
By: James MacGregor Burns.
Series: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction; Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 561
ISBN-13: 9781410419729
Subjects: United States. -- Supreme Court -- History; Political questions and judicial power -- United States; Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States; Large type books
Notes: "The text of this Large Print edition is unabridged."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-557).
Table of contents: title: The first courtpackers; title: John Marshall's Constitution; title: The Dred decision; title: War powers : Lincoln vs. Taney; title: Deconstruction : Republican reversal; title: A court for the Gilded Age; title: The triumphant Mr. Taft; title: FDR's boldest gamble; title: "Wild horses" : the Roosevelt court; title: Leadership : the Warren court; title: Republicans as activists; title: Hard right : the Cheney-Bush court; title: Ending judicial supremacy; title: The justices of the Supreme Court.