Tinsley Yarbrough: 3 books
Harry A. Blackmun
The Outsider Justice
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008
When appointed to the Supreme Court in 1970 by President Nixon, Harry A. Blackmun was seen as a quiet, safe choice to complement the increasingly conservative Court of his boyhood friend, Warren Burger. No one anticipated his seminal opinion championing abortion rights in Roe v. Wade, the most controversial...
David Hackett Souter
Traditional Republican on the Rehnquist Court
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2005
When the first President Bush chose David Hackett Souter for the Supreme Court in 1990, the slender New Englander with the shy demeanor and ambiguous past was quickly dubbed a "stealth candidate". Since his appointment, Souter has embraced a flexible, evolving, and highly pragmatic judicial style...
by Tinsley E. Yarbrough
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Many jurists give lip service to the idea that judicial interpretation of constitutional provisions should be based on the intent of the framers. Few, if any, have been as faithful to that conception as Hugo Black. As U.S. senator from Alabama, Black was a vigorous critic of the Supreme Court's use...