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Packing the court : the rise of judicial power and the coming crisis of the Supreme Court / James MacGregor Burns.
Burns, James MacGregor.
2009
KF8742 .B79 2009 (Map It)
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Author
Burns, James MacGregor.
Title
Packing the court : the rise of judicial power and the coming crisis of the Supreme Court / James MacGregor Burns.
Published
New York : The Penguin Press, 2009.
Call Number
KF8742 .B79 2009
ISBN
9781594202193
1594202192
Description
326 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)276819723
Summary
From 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [270]-312) and index.
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