Lincoln's Supreme CourtDecades after its initial publication, Lincoln's Supreme Court remains the only book to focus exclusively on Abraham Lincoln's role in modifying the Supreme Court to secure the power he needed to save the Union. |
Contents
PATTERN FOR CONFLICT | 1 |
INHERITED COURT | 14 |
DECLARATIONS OF DEFIANCE | 25 |
DISASTER STALKS | 42 |
QUORUM AND MARKED SEAT | 57 |
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND | 70 |
A PACKED COURT | 83 |
TANEY AND HIS BRETHREN | 94 |
OTHER BATTLES IN ERMINE | 143 |
BUSINESS AS USUAL | 156 |
DUALROLE JUSTICES | 167 |
AVALANCHE OF AMBITION | 185 |
REWARD FOR REALITY | 197 |
THE COURT UNDER CHASE | 210 |
TANEY ABSOLVED | 223 |
APPENDIX | 237 |
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