The Rehnquist Court and the Constitution

ISBN-13: 9780195146035 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 320 str.

Tinsley E. Yarbrough

Opis

At the end of the 2000 presidential election, the nation saw firsthand the power of the Rehnquist Court when, for the first time in U.S. history, the Supreme Court took a definitive role in the election process. Now, Tinsley Yarbrough provides a comprehensive look at today's Supreme Court Justices and their record. An accomplished biographer, Yarbrough offers incisive portraits of the nine justices who now sit on the high bench, and tellingly reviews their nomination hearings. But the heart of the book is a systematic exploration of the Court's record in such areas as government power, economic regulation, and criminal justice. In decision after decision, the author discusses the various justices' opinions, arguments, and legal theories; he also offers his own analysis--including a sharp critique of the decision to allow the Paula Jones lawsuit to move forward.
Thoughtful, wide-ranging, and intelligently written, this book will stand as the finest study of the Rehnquist Court for years to come.

Recenzje

"Yarbrough, author of widely respected earlier works on the Supreme Court, has produces another outstanding volume that belongs on the bookshelf of all Court observers. In this case, Yarbrough offers astute analysis and cogent criticism of the High Court under the chief justiceship of William H. Rehnquist, who was appointed to the bench by President Nixon and elevated to the position of Chief Justice by President Reagan.... If one were to read a single work on the Rehnquist Court to this point, one should look no further than this fine, persuasive volume."—Library Journal

O autorze

Tinsley E. Yarbrough is Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science, East Carolina University. His books include Judicial Enigma: The First Justice Harlan, John Marshall Harlan: Great Dissenter of the Warren Court, and Judge Frank Johnson and Human Rights in Alabama, for which he won an ABA Silver Gavel Award. He lives in Greenville, North Carolina.