{"product_id":"the-burger-court-and-the-rise-of-the-judicial-right-9781476732510","title":"The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right","description":"\u003cb\u003eA revelatory look at the Warren Burger Supreme Court finds that it was not moderate or transitional, but conservative--and it shaped today's constitutional landscape. It is an \"important book...a powerful corrective to the standard narrative of the Burger Court\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Richard Nixon campaigned for the presidency in 1968 he promised to change the Supreme Court. With four appointments to the court, including Warren E. Burger as the chief justice, he did just that. In 1969, the Burger Court succeeded the famously liberal Warren Court, which had significantly expanded civil liberties and was despised by conservatives across the country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Burger Court is often described as a \"transitional\" court between the Warren Court and the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts, a court where little of importance happened. But as this \"landmark new book\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e) shows, the Burger Court veered well to the right in such areas as criminal law, race, and corporate power. Authors Graetz and Greenhouse excavate the roots of the most significant Burger Court decisions and in \"elegant, illuminating arguments\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) show how their legacy affects us today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Timely and engaging\" (\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right \u003c\/i\u003edraws on the personal papers of the justices as well as other archives to provide \"the best kind of legal history: cogent, relevant, and timely\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael J. Graetz is a Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and the Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor of Law Emeritus at Yale University. He has previously published seven books and many articles on a wide range of public policy issues. He also served in important policy positions at the Treasury Department and was a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLinda Greenhouse, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and other major journalism awards, covered the Supreme Court for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e for nearly thirty years. Since 2009, she has taught at Yale Law School and written a biweekly op-ed column on the Court as a contributing writer for the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a graduate of Radcliffe College, Harvard, and earned a master of studies in law degree from Yale Law School. This is her fourth book about the Supreme Court.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492597993746,"sku":"9781476732510","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3d4caf6d-0c40-4a5a-a782-ba15f2c79906.jpg?v=1730598578","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-burger-court-and-the-rise-of-the-judicial-right-9781476732510","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}