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100 1 $aBurns, James MacGregor.
245 10 $aPacking the court :$bthe rise of judicial power and the coming crisis of the Supreme Court /$cJames MacGregor Burns.
260 $aNew York :$bThe Penguin Press,$c2009.
300 $a326 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [270]-312) and index.
505 0 $aThe first courtpackers -- John Marshall's Constitution -- The Dred decision -- War powers: Lincoln vs. Taney -- Deconstruction: Republican reversal -- A court for the gilded age -- The triumphant Mr. Taft -- FDR's boldest gamble -- "Wild horses" : the Roosevelt court -- Leadership: the Warren court -- Republicans as activists -- Hard right: the Cheney-Bush court -- Ending judicial supremacy -- The justices of the Supreme Court.
520 $aFrom renowned political theorist and Pulitzer Prize winner James MacGregor Burns, an illuminating critique of how an unstable, unaccountable, and frequently partisan Supreme Court has come to wield more power than the founding fathers ever intended.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bSupreme Court$xHistory.
650 0 $aPolitical questions and judicial power$zUnited States.
650 0 $aJudges$xSelection and appointment$zUnited States.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBurns, James MacGregor.$tPacking the court.$dNew York : The Penguin Press, 2009$w(OCoLC)741466785
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