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- catalog abstract "This new edition of this classic history of the Supreme Court discusses the selection, nomination, and appointment of each of the Justices who have sat on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1789. Abraham provides a fascinating account of the presidential motivations behind each nomination, examining how each appointee's performance on the bench fulfilled, or disappointed, presidential expectations.".
- catalog contributor b11377587.
- catalog contributor b11377588.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 384-410) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Introductory reflections. Of criteria, evaluations, and judgments -- The Nixon era. A turbulent case study -- How they get there. Appointing Supreme Court justices -- Why they get there. Qualifications and rationalizations -- The first forty years. From George Washington to John Quincy Adams, 1789-1829 -- The next forty years. From Andrew Jackson to Andrew Johnson, 1829-1869 -- The balance of the nineteenth century: From Ulysses S. Grant to William McKinley, 1869-1901 -- Into the twentieth century. From Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Hoover, 1901-1933 -- The court alters course. FDR and Truman, 1933-1953 -- The Warren Court. From Ike to LBJ, 1953-1969 -- The Burger Court. From Nixon to Reagan, 1969-1986 -- The Rehnquist Court. Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, 1986- -- Appendix A: Rating Supreme Court justices -- Appendix B: Rating presidents -- Appendix C: Statistical data on Supreme Court justices.".
- catalog description "This new edition of this classic history of the Supreme Court discusses the selection, nomination, and appointment of each of the Justices who have sat on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1789. Abraham provides a fascinating account of the presidential motivations behind each nomination, examining how each appointee's performance on the bench fulfilled, or disappointed, presidential expectations.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 429 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0847696049 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0847696057 (paper : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "347.73/2634 21".
- catalog subject "Executive power United States.".
- catalog subject "Judges Selection and appointment United States.".
- catalog subject "KF8742 .A72 1999".
- catalog subject "Political questions and judicial power United States.".
- catalog subject "United States. Supreme Court History.".
- catalog subject "United States. Supreme Court Officials and employees Selection and appointment.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introductory reflections. Of criteria, evaluations, and judgments -- The Nixon era. A turbulent case study -- How they get there. Appointing Supreme Court justices -- Why they get there. Qualifications and rationalizations -- The first forty years. From George Washington to John Quincy Adams, 1789-1829 -- The next forty years. From Andrew Jackson to Andrew Johnson, 1829-1869 -- The balance of the nineteenth century: From Ulysses S. Grant to William McKinley, 1869-1901 -- Into the twentieth century. From Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Hoover, 1901-1933 -- The court alters course. FDR and Truman, 1933-1953 -- The Warren Court. From Ike to LBJ, 1953-1969 -- The Burger Court. From Nixon to Reagan, 1969-1986 -- The Rehnquist Court. Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, 1986- -- Appendix A: Rating Supreme Court justices -- Appendix B: Rating presidents -- Appendix C: Statistical data on Supreme Court justices.".
- catalog title "Justices, presidents, and senators : a history of the U.S. Supreme Court appointments from Washington to Clinton / Henry J. Abraham.".
- catalog type "text".