Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court - Hardcover

Burns, James MacGregor

 
9781594202193: Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court

Synopsis

A respected political theorist and Pulitzer Prize winner assesses what he believes to be today's increasingly partisan Supreme Court, revealing how it has wielded more power than originally intended by the founding fathers and blocked congressional laws that the author believes have compromised progressive reforms.

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About the Author

James MacGregor Burns is the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College and Distinguished Leadership Scholar at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland. He is the author of more than two dozen books, including Roosevelt: Soldier of Freedom, which won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and Leadership, which is considered a seminal work in the field of leadership studies.

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