01730cam a22003254a 4500 93019 20230410123450.0 090129s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng 2009003987 (OCoLC)ocn276819723 276819741 9781594202193 1594202192 (OCoLC)276819723 (OCoLC)276819741 KF 8742 B967p 2009 347.73 Burns, James MacGregor. Packing the court : the rise of judicial power and the coming crisis of the Supreme Court / James MacGregor Burns. New York : The Penguin Press, 2009. 326 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-312) and index. The 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. From 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. United States. Supreme Court History. Political questions and judicial power United States. Judges Selection and appointment United States. lcc bk ccruz C0 DRFGD 62005 62005 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 KF 8742 B967p 2009 00000085989 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk