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008			090129s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2009003987
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn276819723
019			_a276819741
020			_a9781594202193
020			_a1594202192
035			_a(OCoLC)276819723 _z(OCoLC)276819741
050	1	4	_aKF 8742 _bB967p 2009
082	0	0	_a347.73
100	1		_aBurns, James MacGregor.
245	1	0	_aPacking the court : _bthe rise of judicial power and the coming crisis of the Supreme Court / _cJames MacGregor Burns.
260			_aNew York : _bThe Penguin Press, _c2009.
300			_a326 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [270]-312) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
520			_aFrom 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.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bSupreme Court _xHistory.
650		0	_aPolitical questions and judicial power _zUnited States.
650		0	_aJudges _xSelection and appointment _zUnited States.
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