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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | William H Rehnquist |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John A Jenkins |
| ISBN: | 9781586488871 1586488872 |
| OCLC Number: | 778420830 |
| Description: | xxi, 330 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Shorewood -- A change of name and place -- "Hate Black" -- Basic moral rights -- On to Washington -- An "Unhumanitarian Position," and other memos -- "Like a Bunch of Old Women" -- Hanging judge -- Rugged Libertarianism -- "What the Court Really Needs is a Chief Justice" -- Cowboys in Washington -- Changes on the court -- Southern strategy -- Two more vacancies -- "You Might Consider Bill Rehnquist" -- "What Now, Hon. W.H. Rehnquist" -- Roe v. Wade -- "The Better Point of View" -- Lone dissenter -- Bored at the court -- An aspiring novelist -- Code pink -- A betting man -- "Bizzarre Ideas and Outrageous Thoughts" -- Bicentennial bombshell -- A score to settle -- High expectations -- The Brennan court -- Federalism, occasionally -- A fragile majority -- Splendor of stripes -- Clinton's trial -- "Never Let the War End Until You've Won It." |
| Responsibility: | John A. Jenkins. |
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<p>John W. Dean, author of "The Rehnquist Choice" and Nixon White House Counsel<br>"'Partisan' is the perfect title to describe the conservative ideologue who became the 16th Chief Justice of the United States. And John Jenkins proves himself a perfect biographer in writing the first full non-legalistic look at this reclusive and enigmatic personality who pushed the nation's High Court to the political right. This is an important, engaging and informative read." <br>"Charles Lewis, Executive Editor, Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University"<br>"THE PARTISAN is a terrific, timely and important book, meticulously researched and enthralling to read. How exactly did a segregationist and mere Assistant Attorney General become a Supreme Court Justice, let alone Chief Justice? John Jenkins' investigative biography is an inspired and authoritative work and a great public service." <br>"Kirkus<br>""A much-awarded legal journalist serves up an investigative biography of the controversial, late chief justice."Wall Street Journal<br>"Though it may not be cheered by Rehnquist fans, "The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist" is no quick hit job. Mr. Jenkins and his research assistants pored through Rehnquist archives and the papers of other justices to illuminate some little-known corners of Chief Justice Rehnquist's life."<br>"<br>Thomson Reuters<br>""Jenkins's 'The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist' breaks new ground by unearthing the roots of Rehnquist's judicial dogma...Jenkins is a scalding critic of both Rehnquist's constitutional philosophy and of how the late chief justice put it to work. While the book is scrupulously documented, a product of well-tilled archives, interviews, audio analysis and FBI files, Jenkins doesn't spend much time plumbing the origins of that conservatism. But neither, he suggests, did Rehnquist."" <br>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<br>""Sure to incite passions among both conservative and liberal court watchers.""<br> Read more...
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