The Rehnquist Court
Subtitle: understanding its impact and legacy
By: David L. Hudson, Jr. ; foreword by John R. Vile
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780275989712
Subjects: Rehnquist, William H., -- 1924-2005; United States. -- Supreme Court -- History; Constitutional history -- United States
Description: "Throughout his tenure, Justice Rehnquist was conventionally perceived as a conservative, partly for the anti-civil rights memos he had written earlier in his career. He became a lightning rod for controversy during his confirmation hearings for Associate Justice in 1972, and again in 1986 when he became Chief Justice. Hudson's balanced, nonpartisan examination of the Rehnquist Court and its personalities shows that, surprisingly, Rehnquist's conservatism is quite mild compared to that of the "ideological purity" of Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, and that Rehnquist did an admirable job of playing moderator as Chief Justice, exhibiting sensitivity toward his colleagues."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-173) and index
Table of contents: title: Early career to Supreme Court confirmation; title: Lone ranger on the Burger Court; title: Becoming the chief; title: Justices on the Rehnquist Court; title: Federalism; title: Freedom of religion; title: Freedom of expression; title: Criminal law I : habeas corpus and capital punishment; title: Criminal law II : a conservative Court with some surprises; title: Abortion, gay rights, and affirmative action; title: Legacies of the chief justice and his court