01603cam a22002654a 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230100017000640350024000810200018001050200015001230350039001380500024001770820011002011000028002122450121002402600042003613000021004035040066004245050436004905200254009266100044011806500059012246500054012839301920230410123450.0090129s2009    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2009003987  a(OCoLC)ocn276819723  a9781594202193  a1594202192  a(OCoLC)276819723z(OCoLC)27681974114aKF 8742bB967p 200900a347.731 aBurns, James MacGregor.10aPacking the court :bthe rise of judicial power and the coming crisis of the Supreme Court /cJames MacGregor Burns.  aNew York :bThe Penguin Press,c2009.  a326 p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [270]-312) and index.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.  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.10aUnited States.bSupreme CourtxHistory. 0aPolitical questions and judicial powerzUnited States. 0aJudgesxSelection and appointmentzUnited States.