Long Reach of the Sixties - Lbj, Nixon, and the Making of the Contemporary Supreme Court

Zusatztext Kalman deftly argues that confirmation hearings with little substance, nominees selected exclusively from Harvard and Yale, and the heavy emphasis on past judicial experience are a direct consequence of the lessons presidents have learned from this critical period. Informationen zum Autor Laura Kalman is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, a member of the California Bar, and past president of the American Society for Legal History. She is the author of Right Star Rising: A New Politics, 1974-1980, Yale Law School and the Sixties: Revolt and Reverberations, The Strange Career of Legal Liberalism, Abe Fortas: A Biography, and Legal Realism at Yale, 1927-1960. Klappentext In The Long Reach of the Sixties, legal historian Laura Kalman explores the Supreme Court nomination and confirmation battles of the late 1960s and early 1970s and shows how they have haunted¿indeed, scarred¿the Supreme Court appointments process ever since. Zusammenfassung In The Long Reach of the Sixties, legal historian Laura Kalman explores the Supreme Court nomination and confirmation battles of the late 1960s and early 1970s and shows how they have haunted--indeed, scarred--the Supreme Court appointments process ever since. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface I: A New President Seeks Power: 1963-65 II: Musical Chairs, 1965-66 III: Bogeyman, 1966-1968 IV: "A Man's Reach Should [Not] Exceed His Grasp:" Summer and Fall, 1968 V: The Last Days of the Warren Court, 1969-70 VI: "Southern Discomfort," 1969-70 VII: The Lost Ball Game, Or How Not to Choose Two Justices, 1971 Epilogue

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• Authors: Kalman, Laura Kalman, Laura (Professor of History Kalman, Kalman Laura
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780199958221
• ISBN: 978-0-19-995822-1
• No. of pages: 488
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; USA, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Courts, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, LAW / Trial Practice, Systems of law, c 1960 to c 1970, Legal History, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, The Long Reach of the Sixties