Title The Supreme Court A to Z / Kenneth Jost

Edition 5th ed Published Thousand Oaks, Calif. : CQ Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 668 pages) : illustrations, map Series American government A to Z series CQ's American government A to Z series. Contents A. Abortion -- Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts -- Affirmative action -- Aliens -- Alito, Samuel A., Jr. -- Amending process -- American Bar Association -- Amicus curiae -- Antitrust -- Appeal -- Appointment and removal power -- Arguments -- Arms, right to bear -- Arrests -- Assembly, freedom of -- Assigning opinions -- Association, freedom of -- Attainder, bill of -- Attorney General -- B. Background of justices -- Bail -- Baker v. Carr -- Baldwin, Henry -- Barbour, Philip P. -- Bar of the Supreme Court -- Bill of Rights -- Black, Hugo L. -- Blackmun, Harry A. -- Blair, John, Jr. -- Blatchford, Samuel -- Bradley, Joseph P. -- Brandeis, Louis D. -- Brennan, William J., Jr. -- Brewer, David J. -- Breyer, Stephen G. -- Brief -- Brown, Henry B. -- Brown v. Board of Education -- Burger, Warren E. -- Burton, Harold H. -- Bush v. Gore -- Busing -- Butler, Pierce -- Byrnes, James F. -- C. Calhoun, John C. -- Campaigns and elections -- Campbell, John A. -- Capital punishment -- Cardozo, Benjamin N. -- Case law -- Case or controversy rule -- Catron, John -- Certiorari -- Chase, Salmon P. -- Chase, Samuel -- Chief Justice -- Child labor -- Circuit riding -- Citizenship -- Civil liberties -- Civil rights -- Civil War amendments -- Clark, Tom C. -- Clarke, John H. -- Class Action -- Clay, Henry -- Clerk of the Court -- Clerks -- Clifford, Nathan -- Comity -- Commerce power -- Common law -- Communism -- Concurring opinions -- Conferences -- Confessions -- Confirmation process -- Congress and the Court -- Congressional immunity -- Constitutional law -- Contempt of court -- Contract clause -- Cost of Supreme Court -- Counsel, right to legal -- Counselor to the Chief Justice -- Courts, lower -- Courts, powers of -- Criminal law and procedure -- Cruel and unusual punishment -- Curator's Office -- Currency powers -- Curtis, Benjamin R. -- Cushing, William -- D. Daniel, Peter V. -- Davis, David -- Davis, John W. -- Day, William R. -- Decision days -- De facto, de jure -- Defendant -- Disability rights -- Discrimination -- Dissenting opinions -- Diversity jurisdiction -- Docket -- Double jeopardy -- Douglas, William O. -- Due process -- Duvall, Gabriel -- E. Education and the Court -- Elections and the Court -- Electronic surveillance -- Ellsworth, Oliver -- Equal protection -- Exclusionary rule -- Executive privilege and immunity -- Ex parte -- Ex post facto -- Extrajudicial activities -- F. Federalism -- Federal Judicial Center -- Felony -- Field, Stephen J. -- Flag salute cases -- Foreign affairs -- Fortas, Abe -- Frankfurter, Felix -- Fuller, Melville W. -- G. Garland, Augustus H. -- Gay rights -- Gibbons v. Ogden -- Gideon v. Wainwright -- Ginsburg, Ruth Bader -- Goldberg, Arthur J. -- Grand jury -- Gray, Horace -- Grier, Robert C. -- H. Habeas corpus -- Hamilton, Alexander -- Harlan, John Marshall (1833-1911) -- Harlan, John Marshall (1899-1971) -- Historical Society, Supreme Court -- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. -- Housing the Court -- Hughes, Charles Evans -- Hunt, Ward -- I. Impeachment -- Impeachment of justices -- Income tax -- Incorporation doctrine -- Indictment -- In forma pauperis -- Injunction -- Intellectual property -- International law -- Internet -- Internment cases -- Iredell, James -- J. Jackson, Andrew -- Jackson, Howell E. -- Jackson, Robert H. -- Jay, John -- Jefferson, Thomas -- Job discrimination -- Johnson, Thomas -- Johnson, William -- Judgment of the Court -- Judicial activism -- Judicial Conference of the United States -- Judicial restraint -- Judicial review -- Juries -- Jurisdiction -- Justiciability -- K. Kagan, Elena -- Kennedy, Anthony M. -- L. Lamar, Joseph R. -- Lamar, Lucius Q.C. -- Legal Office of the Court -- Legal system in America -- Legal tender cases -- Legislative veto -- Libel -- Library of the Court -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Livingston, H. Brockholst -- Loyalty oaths -- Lurton, Horace H. -- M. Majority opinion -- Mandamus -- Mandatory jurisdiction -- Marbury v. Madison -- Marshal of the Court -- Marshall, John -- Marshall, Thurgood -- Matthews, Stanley -- McCulloch v. Maryland -- McKenna, Joseph -- McKinley, John -- McLean, John -- McReynolds, James C. -- Media and the Court -- Merits, on the -- Miller, Samuel F. -- Minton, Sherman -- Miranda v. Arizona -- Misdemeanor -- Moody, William H. -- Moore, Alfred -- Mootness -- Murphy, Frank -- N. Nelson, Samuel -- New York Times Co. v. Sullivan -- Nixon, Richard -- Nomination to the Court -- O. Oaths of office -- Obiter dictum -- Obscenity and indecency -- O'Connor, Sandra Day -- Official immunity -- Open housing -- Operations of the Court -- Opinions -- Original intent -- Original jurisdiction -- P. Pardons -- Parochial schools, aid to -- Paterson, William -- Pay and perquisites -- Peckham, Rufus W. -- Pentagon Papers case -- Per curiam opinion -- Personal papers -- Petition, right of -- Petitioner -- Pitney, Mahlon -- Plaintiff -- Plea bargaining -- Plessy v. Ferguson -- Plurality opinion -- Police power -- Political question -- Politics and the Court -- Powell, Lewis E., Jr. -- Precedent -- Preemption -- The President and the Court -- Press, freedom of -- Prima facie -- Privacy, right of -- Probable cause -- Property rights -- Public accommodations -- Public Information Office -- Public opinion and the Court -- R. Ratings of justices -- Reagan, Ronald -- Reapportionment and redistricting -- Reed, Stanley F. -- Rehnquist, William H. -- Religion, freedom of -- Remand -- Removal of cases -- Reporter of decisions -- Resignation -- Respondent -- Retirement -- Reversals of earlier rulings -- Reversals of rulings by constitutional amendment -- Reversals of rulings by legislation -- Ripeness -- Roberts, John G., Jr. -- Roberts, Owen J. -- Roe v. Wade -- Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- Rutledge, John -- Rutledge, Wiley B. -- S. Sanford, Edward T. -- Scalia, Antonin -- Schedule of arguments and conferences -- School desegregation -- School prayer -- Scottsboro cases -- Scott v. Sandford -- Seal of the Supreme Court -- Search and seizure -- Sedition laws -- Segregation -- Selective Service rulings -- Self-incrimination -- Seniority -- Sentencing guidelines -- Separation of powers -- Severability -- Sex discrimination -- Shiras, George, Jr. -- Size of the Court -- Slaughterhouse cases -- Slavery and the Court -- Solicitor General -- Sotomayor, Sonia -- Souter, David H. -- Speech, commercial -- Speech, freedom of -- Speedy trial, right to -- Spending powers -- Standing to sue -- Stare decisis -- States and the Court -- Stevens, John Paul -- Stewart, Potter -- Stone, Harlan Fiske -- Story, Joseph -- Strict construction -- Strong, William -- Subpoena -- Summary judgment -- Supremacy clause -- Supreme Court building -- Sutherland, George -- Swayne, Noah H. -- T. Taft, William Howard -- Taney, Roger B. -- Taxing power -- Temporary restraining order -- Term limits -- Term of the Court -- Test case -- Thomas, Clarence -- Thompson, Smith -- Three-judge court -- Todd, Thomas -- Tort law -- Traditions of the Court -- Travel, right to -- Treaty power -- Trials -- Trimble, Robert -- U. Unconstitutional statutes -- United States Reports -- V. Vacancy -- Vacate -- Van Devanter, Willis -- Veto power -- Vinson, Frederick M. -- Voting rights -- W. Waite, Morrison R. -- War powers -- Warren, Earl -- Washington, Bushrod -- Wayne, James M. -- Webster, Daniel -- White, Byron R. -- White, Edward D. -- Whittaker, Charles E. -- Wilson, James -- Woodbury, Levi -- Woods, William B. -- Workload of the Court -- Writing opinions -- Y. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer -- Z. Zoning -- Reference material. Historic milestones of the Court -- Supreme Court nominations, 1789-2011 -- Seat chart of the Justices -- Constitution of the United States -- Online sources of decisions Summary Offers accessible information about the Supreme Court, including its history, traditions, organization, dynamics, and personalities Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject United States. Supreme Court -- Encyclopedias United States. Supreme Court -- Biography SUBJECT United States. Supreme Court fast Subject LAW -- Civil Procedure. LAW -- Legal Services. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch. Genre/Form Biographies Encyclopedias Form Electronic book ISBN 9781452234366 1452234361 9781452234373 145223437X 1780348371 9781780348377

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