Justices, presidents, and senators : a history of the U.S. Supreme Court appointments from Washington to Bush II
Title:
Justices, presidents, and senators : a history of the U.S. Supreme Court appointments from Washington to Bush II
Author:
Abraham, Henry Julian, 1921-
ISBN:
9780742558946
9780742558953
Personal Author:
Edition:
5th new and rev. ed.
Publication Information:
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2008.
Physical Description:
xiii, 439 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents:
Introductory reflections. Of criteria, evaluations, and judgments -- The Nixon era. A turbulent case study -- How they get there. Appointing Supreme Court justices -- Why they get there. Qualifications and rationalizations -- The first forty years. From George Washington to John Quincy Adams, 1789-1829 -- The next forty years. From Andrew Jackson to Andrew Johnson, 1829-1869 -- The balance of the nineteenth century. From Ulysses S. Grant to William McKinley, 1869-1901 -- Into the twentieth century. From Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Hoover, 1901-1933 -- The court alters course. FDR and Truman, 1933-1953 -- The Warren Court. From Ike to LBJ, 1953-1969 -- The Burger Court. From Nixon to Reagan, 1969-1986 -- The Rehnquist Court. Reagan, Bush I, Clinton and Bush II, 1986-2005 -- The Roberts Court, Bush II (in part) -- Appendix A: Rating Supreme Court justices -- Appendix B: Rating presidents -- Appendix C: Statistical data on Supreme Court justices -- Bibliography. General works -- Works about or by individual justices -- Photo acknowledgments -- Index of cases -- Index of names.
Abstract:
Explains how United States presidents select justices for the Supreme Court, evaluates the performance of each justice, and examines the influence of politics on their selection.