The Supreme Court and the American elite, 1789-2020 /

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"In this engaging-and disturbing-book, a leading historian of the Court reveals the close fit between its decisions and the nation's politics, beginning with the creation of the Constitution and ending with the confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh. Rendering crisp (and often controversi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Powe, L. A. Scot (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
Edition:Expanded second edition.
Series:Constitutional thinking.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court > History.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Histoire.
United States. > Supreme Court.
Constitutional history > United States.
Law > Political aspects.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
Droit > Aspect politique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions
Constitutional history.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Very modest beginnings
  • The court in a two-party Republic
  • The states and the Republic
  • The sectional crisis and the Jacksonian Court
  • Civil War and Reconstruction
  • Industrializing America
  • Progressivism, normalcy, and Depression
  • After the new deal constitutional revolution
  • Reforming America
  • An uneasy status quo
  • An imperial court
  • The Kennedy Court
  • The Republican dream court.

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