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An important reference that provides the historical context and constitutional perspective of the most important Supreme Court cases. Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court offers an unparalleled history of the Supreme Court and its impact on American democracy and society.
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Beginning with the recognition that the Supreme Court is the most invisible branch of American government and the one that most Americans know the least about, this book examines the way in which television news, the primary source of the public's limited knowledge, covers the Supreme Court. The book relies on rich interviews with network news reporters who have covered the Court, coupled with actual videotapes of network newscast coverage, to develop...
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Profiles civil rights cases on flag salutes, internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, housing discrimination, First Amendment, school integration, segregation, conscientious objectors, loyalty oaths, teaching of evolution, Vietnam War protests, abortion, property-tax finance system, maternity leave, libel, prayer in public schools, sodomy laws.
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The Rehnquist Court, which lasted almost twenty years, was molded in his image. In thirty-three years on the Supreme Court, from 1972 until his death in 2005 at age 80, Rehnquist was at the center of the Court's dramatic political transformation. He was a partisan, waging a quiet, constant battle to imbue the Court with a deep conservatism favoring government power over individual rights. He left behind no memoir and during his lifetime he made an...
7) Supreme conflict: the inside story of the struggle for control of the United States Supreme Court
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Discusses recent ideological shifts within the Supreme Court, profiles controversial judges, and analyzes the changing role of judicial power in American government.
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