The chief justices : the seventeen men of the center seat, their courts, and their times / by Daniel A. Cotter.
2019
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Title
The chief justices : the seventeen men of the center seat, their courts, and their times / by Daniel A. Cotter.
Imprint
Northport, New York : Twelve Tables Press, [2019]
Description
xxxiii, 463 pages ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
The Supreme Court chief justice : a superior among equals
In the beginning : a new nation, finding an identity : the federal courts. John Jay : governorship calling ; John Rutledge : rejection and a suicide attempt ; Oliver Ellsworth : the forgotten innovator and founding father
The Supreme Court emerges as supreme. John Marshall : establishment of Supreme Court's supremacy
A peculiar institution, a nation divided, a Civil War. Roger B. Taney : one decision makes a legacy
End of a Civil War, reconstruction of a nation. Salmon P. Chase : Reconstruction and integrating the Court ; Morrison Waite : narrow interpreter of Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
The first quarter of the second hundred years of America. Melville W. Fuller : equal justice under law, separate but equal ; Edward Douglass White : an elevation from associate justice ; William Howard Taft : a former president achieves his goal
The Great Depression, a crisis on the Court; New Deal; lead-up to war. Charles Evans Hughes : White House ambitions
Intermezzo : a period of "division and discord: and transition. Harlan F. Stone : playing all positions ; Fred M. Vinson : the last democratically appointed chief ; Earl Warren : Brown v. Board of Education, civil rights, and criminal rights ; Warren E. Burger : a Minnesota twin goes to bat, expanding Warren court rulings
The return of the conservative bench. William Rehnquist : a clerk, an associate justice, a "great chief justice" ; John Roberts : a legacy in formation
Conclusion
Appendix A : makeup of Supreme Court from 1900 to present by party appointing the justices
Appendix B : number of justices confirmed by president
Appendix C : ranking the justices.
The Supreme Court chief justice : a superior among equals
In the beginning : a new nation, finding an identity : the federal courts. John Jay : governorship calling ; John Rutledge : rejection and a suicide attempt ; Oliver Ellsworth : the forgotten innovator and founding father
The Supreme Court emerges as supreme. John Marshall : establishment of Supreme Court's supremacy
A peculiar institution, a nation divided, a Civil War. Roger B. Taney : one decision makes a legacy
End of a Civil War, reconstruction of a nation. Salmon P. Chase : Reconstruction and integrating the Court ; Morrison Waite : narrow interpreter of Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
The first quarter of the second hundred years of America. Melville W. Fuller : equal justice under law, separate but equal ; Edward Douglass White : an elevation from associate justice ; William Howard Taft : a former president achieves his goal
The Great Depression, a crisis on the Court; New Deal; lead-up to war. Charles Evans Hughes : White House ambitions
Intermezzo : a period of "division and discord: and transition. Harlan F. Stone : playing all positions ; Fred M. Vinson : the last democratically appointed chief ; Earl Warren : Brown v. Board of Education, civil rights, and criminal rights ; Warren E. Burger : a Minnesota twin goes to bat, expanding Warren court rulings
The return of the conservative bench. William Rehnquist : a clerk, an associate justice, a "great chief justice" ; John Roberts : a legacy in formation
Conclusion
Appendix A : makeup of Supreme Court from 1900 to present by party appointing the justices
Appendix B : number of justices confirmed by president
Appendix C : ranking the justices.
Summary
"Since the beginning of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1789, seventeen men have held the Chief Justice position. The first three held the position for a total of eleven years, and the next two (Marshall and Taney) held the Chief Justice position for the next sixty-three years (the two longest chiefs in our history). This book seeks to examine the position of Chief Justice more closely, to describe the position's origins and duties, and explore the court under each of the seventeen chiefs. Exploration includes the background and careers of the chiefs before becoming Chief Justice, discusses the cultural times and puts their rise and tenure in our nation's context, while discussing some of the key associate justices who sat with each of the seventeen. Each chapter also focuses on some key decisions of the Chief Justices' courts"-- Page [4] of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-449) and index.
Call Number
KF8744 .C68 2019
Language
English
ISBN
9781946074256 paperback
194607425X paperback
194607425X paperback
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