The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2008

Lucas A. Powe, Jr.

    • Preface
    1. Very Modest Beginnings
    2. The Court in a Two-Party Republic
    3. The States and the Republic
    4. The Sectional Crisis and the Jacksonian Court
    5. Civil War and Reconstruction
    6. Industrializing America
    7. Progressivism, Normalcy, and Depression
    8. After the New Deal Constitutional Revolution
    9. Reforming America
    10. An Uneasy Status Quo
    11. An Imperial Court
    • Chronology
    • Notes
    • Selective Bibliography
    • Index of Cases
    • General Index
  • Cover: The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2008
  • A photo of the author

Photo by Barbara Nelson

Lucas A. Powe, Jr., holds the Anne Green Regents Chair at the University of Texas, where he teaches in the School of Law and the Department of Government.