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The Truman court : law and the limits of loyalty / Rawn James, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, Rawn, Jr., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- Truman, Harry S.
- Warren, Earl, 1891-1974.
- Warren, Earl.
- United States. Supreme Court--History.
- United States.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- Political questions and judicial power--United States--History.
- Political questions and judicial power.
- Judges.
- History.
- Judges--United States--History.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 302 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Prologue
- Chapter One: "We Must Have Steel."
- Chapter Two: Justice Harold Burton
- Chapter Three: Attorney General Tom Clark
- Chapter Four: The Court Truman Inherited and a Justice Abroad
- Chapter Five: "The Very Nearly Indispensable Man"
- Chapter Six: Death of a Chief Justice
- Chapter Seven: "The General Utility Man of Government"
- Chapter Eight: Open Warriors and Assassins
- Chapter Nine: "A Man to Trust"
- Chapter Ten: Meatless On-Strike Midterm Elections
- Chapter Eleven: Labor's Troubled Waters
- Chapter Twelve: The Chief Takes Charge
- Chapter Thirteen: A Civil Service
- Chapter Fourteen: Truman at the Lincoln Memorial
- Chapter Fifteen: Shelley v. Kraemer: The Judicial Revolution Begins
- Chapter Sixteen: Justice Douglas and the 1948 Presidential Election
- Chapter Seventeen: The Vinson Mission
- Chapter Eighteen: Justice Tom Clark
- Chapter Nineteen: Justice Sherman Minton
- Chapter Twenty: Civil Liberties and Loyalty
- Chapter Twenty-One: The Path to Brown: First Steps
- Chapter Twenty-Two: The Path to Brown: Unanimous Progress
- Chapter Twenty-Three: Caution in the Wind
- Chapter Twenty-Four: Monongahela River Valley Hope
- Chapter Twenty-Five: The District Court Hearing
- Chapter Twenty-Six: The Supreme Court Hearing
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: Conference and Resolution
- Chapter Twenty-Eight: "Zone of Twilight"
- Chapter Twenty-Nine: A President's Nadir
- Chapter Thirty: The Truman Court
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 20, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: James, Rawn. The Truman court
- ISBN:
- 9780826274564
- 0826274560
- Publisher Number:
- 40030488854
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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