Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Nominations of William H. Rehnquist and Lewis F. Powell, Jr
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Clashing Worldviews in the U.S. Supreme Court
Author: James DavidsPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498570607
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Contrasting two Protestant justices who hold distinctively different worldviews, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice Harry A. Blackmun, this book explores how each came to hold his worldview, how each applied it in Supreme Court rulings, and how it led them to differing outcomes for liberty, equality, and justice. This clash of worldviews between Rehnquist, whose religious and philosophical influences were anchored in the Reformation, and Blackmun, whose Reformation theology was modified by Enlightenment philosophy, provide the context to examine the true nature of justice, liberty, and equality and to consider how such ideals can be maintained in a society with increasingly divergent worldviews.
Nominations of William H. Rehnquist and Lewis F. Powell, Jr
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Freedom and Equality
Author: Kermit L. HallPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780815334309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Rehnquist Choice
Author: John W. DeanPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743229797
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The explosive, never-before-revealed story of how William Rehnquist became a Supreme Court Justice, told by the man responsible for his candidacy.
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
Book Description
Supreme Court
Author: The Long Reach of the Sixties
Author: Laura KalmanPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199967776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
The Warren Court of the 1950s and 1960s was the most liberal in American history. Yet within a few short years, new appointments redirected the Court in a more conservative direction, a trend that continued for decades. However, even after Warren retired and the makeup of the court changed, his Court cast a shadow that extends to our own era. In The Long Reach of the Sixties, Laura Kalman focuses on the late 1960s and early 1970s, when Presidents Johnson and Nixon attempted to dominate the Court and alter its course. Using newly released--and consistently entertaining--recordings of Lyndon Johnson's and Richard Nixon's telephone conversations, she roots their efforts to mold the Court in their desire to protect their Presidencies. The fierce ideological battles--between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches--that ensued transformed the meaning of the Warren Court in American memory. Despite the fact that the Court's decisions generally reflected public opinion, the surrounding debate calcified the image of the Warren Court as activist and liberal. Abe Fortas's embarrassing fall and Nixon's campaign against liberal justices helped make the term "activist Warren Court" totemic for liberals and conservatives alike. The fear of a liberal court has changed the appointment process forever, Kalman argues. Drawing from sources in the Ford, Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton presidential libraries, as well as the justices' papers, she shows how the desire to avoid another Warren Court has politicized appointments by an order of magnitude. Among other things, presidents now almost never nominate politicians as Supreme Court justices (another response to Warren, who had been the governor of California). Sophisticated, lively, and attuned to the ironies of history, The Long Reach of the Sixties is essential reading for all students of the modern Court and U.S. political history.
Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings in the U.S. Senate
Author: Dion FarganisPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472119338
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
How much do Supreme Court nominees reveal at their confirmation hearings, and how do their answers affect senators' votes?
Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr. to be Chief Justice of the United States
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1458
Book Description