The Least Dangerous Branch: Separation of Powers and Court-packingKermit Hall Available as a single volume or as part of the 10 volume set Supreme Court in American Society |
Contents
The Supreme Court In and Of the Stream of History | 1 |
The Justices Judging and Judicial Reputation | 2 |
The Path To and From the Supreme Court | 3 |
Judicial Review and Judicial Power in the Supreme Court | 4 |
Separation of Powers and CourtPacking | 5 |
Federalism at the Bar of the Supreme Court | 6 |
Discrimination and the Supreme Court | 7 |
The Supreme Court and Religion | 8 |
The Justices and Criminal Justice | 10 |
Can a President Pack or Draft the Supreme Court? | 117 |
Reneging on History? | 135 |
The Supreme Court Under the Judiciary Act of 1925 | 233 |
The Origins of Franklin D Roosevelts CourtPacking Plan | 263 |
CourtCurbing Periods in American History | 317 |
Reflections on the Separation of Powers and Judicial Review | 365 |
Acknowledgments | |
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