The least dangerous branch : separation of powers and court-packing

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The least dangerous branch : separation of powers and court-packing

edited with introductions by Kermit L. Hall

(The Supreme Court in American society : equal justice under law / series editor, Kermit L. Hall, 5)(A Garland series)

Garland Pub., 2000

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Available as a single volume or as part of the 10 volume set Supreme Court in American Society

Table of Contents

  • The Supreme Court and the Political Question: Affirmation or Abdication? *
  • Constitution, Congress, and Court: On the Theory, Law, and Politics of Appellate Jurisdiction of the United States Supreme Court
  • Can a President Pack-Or Draft-The Supreme Court? FDR and the Court in the Great Depression and World War II
  • Reneging on History? Playing the Court/Congress/President Civil Rights Game
  • Constraining "The Least Dangerous Branch": The Tradition of Attacks on Judicial Power
  • The Supreme Court under the Judiciary Act of 1925
  • The Origins of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Court-Packing" Plan
  • Court-Curbing Periods in American History
  • The President and the Court: Reinterpreting the Court-packing Episode of 1937
  • Reflections on the Separation of Powers and Judicial Review at the End of the Reagan Era
  • Unfulfilled Aspirations: The Court-Packing Efforts of Presidents Reagan and Bush

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