The Supreme Court in conference (1940-1985) : the private discussions behind nearly 300 Supreme Court decisions / edited by Del Dickson.

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New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

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22256

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Author:

Dickson, Del, editor.

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Subject:

United States. -- Supreme Court.

Courts -- United States.

Judicial process -- United States.

Constitutional history -- United States.

Archival resources -- United States.

Constitutional law.

Contents:

Part I: The conference

1. Inside the conference room

2. A Brief history of the conference: John Jay through Morrison Waite (1789-1888)

3. A Brief history of the conference: Melville Fuller to William Rehnquist (1888-present)

Part II. Separation of powers and federalism

4. The Supreme Court

5. Congress and the court

6. The President and the courts

7. Foreign affairs

8. Federalism

Part III. Civil rights and liberties

9. Free speech

10. A free press

11. Religion and state

12. The Right of the accused

13. Equal protection

14. Privacy

15. The right to vote

16. The conference in context.

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Includes bibliography and index.

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ISBN:

0195126327

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Phys. description:

xxvii, 1006 pages ; 26 cm