
The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right
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When Richard Nixon campaigned for the presidency in 1968 he promised to change the Supreme Court. With four appointments to the court, including Warren E. Burger as the chief justice, he did just that. In 1969, the Burger Court succeeded the famously liberal Warren Court, which had significantly expanded civil liberties and was despised by conservatives across the country.
The Burger Court is often described as a ?transitional? court between the Warren Court and the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts, a court where little of importance happened. But as this ?landmark new book? (The Christian Science Monitor) shows, the Burger Court veered well to the right in such areas as criminal law, race, and corporate power. Authors Graetz and Greenhouse excavate the roots of the most significant Burger Court decisions and in ?elegant, illuminating arguments? (The Washington Post) show how their legacy affects us today.
?Timely and engaging? (Richmond Times-Dispatch), The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right draws on the personal papers of the justices as well as other archives to provide ?the best kind of legal history: cogent, relevant, and timely? (Publishers Weekly).
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Linda Greenhouse, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and other major journalism awards, covered the Supreme Court for The New York Times for nearly thirty years. Since 2009, she has taught at Yale Law School and written a biweekly op-ed column on the Court as a contributing writer for the Times. She is a graduate of Radcliffe College, Harvard, and earned a master of studies in law degree from Yale Law School. This is her fourth book about the Supreme Court.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Introduction: A Counterrevolution Reclaimed
- Part One: Crime
- 1. The Fall and Rise of the Death Penalty
- 2. Taming the Trilogy
- 3. Closing the Federal Courthouse Doors
- Part Two: Race
- 4. Still Separate, Still Unequal
- 5. Seeking a Higher Education
- Part Three: Social Transformation
- 6. Privacy at a Price
- 7. The Rocky Road to Sex Equality
- 8. Expression and Repression
- 9. A Religious People's Court
- Part Four: Business
- 10. Corporations Are People Too
- 11. Battling Workplace Inequality
- Part Five: The Presidency
- 12. Power and Its Abuse
- 13. Richard Nixon in Warren Burger's Court
- Conclusion: A Lasting Legacy
- Appendix: The Members of the Burger Court
- Acknowledgments
- About Michael J. Graetz and Linda Greenhouse
- Notes
- Photo Credits
- Index
- Copyright
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