Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court, (Paperback)

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Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court by James MacGregor Burns, 2009 The confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayor raise again the debate about so-called judicial activism and the role of the judiciary, specifically the Supreme Court, in our natio...

from voteunion

Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court by James MacGregor Burns, 2009 The confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayor raise again the debate about so-called judicial activism and the role of the judiciary, specifically the Supreme Court, in our natio...

from aevaughn

It was an excellent review about how Congress and particularly the President has tried to influence the US Supreme Court, and not always successfully. Also, it includes some radical suggestions about how the Supreme Court might be reorganized to make it both more independent and less political. D...

from LisCarey

This is an intentionally opinionated history of the Supreme Court of the United States of America. Burns brings his considerable historical knowledge and literary skill to bear on what has sometimes been the most respected institution in American government, and at other times derided as partisan...