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Whittaker Struggles of a Supreme Court Justice
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Richard Lawrence Miller
Book Code: GM1250
ISBN: 0-313-31250-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31250-2
200 pages, photo
Greenwood Press
Publication: 11/30/2001
List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in Legal Studies
Series Number: 102
Description: A Kansas farm boy, who talked his way into law school despite his lack of a high school diploma, Charles E. Whittaker was admitted to the bar before graduation and became the stereotype of a demanding, workaholic attorney. In a thirty-year practice representing Midwest corporations, he became universally admired among Missouri lawyers, and the American Bar Association called him one of the best selections ever made for the Supreme Court. Yet the very characteristics that made Whittaker one of the most acclaimed choices ensured that his service would be catastrophic both for the Court and for him. By the time he left that bench, legal scholars considered his performance on the Court as one of the saddest. Whittaker was apolitical, yet won judicial appointments requiring strong support from politicians of national strength. He was a hard-line "law and order" judge who was horrified by the death penalty. During the turbulent 1960s, he called for rational discussion of public issues, yet gave inflammatory speeches linking the civil rights movement to Communism. He was the epitome of his era's Main Street conservatism. Most biographies of justices deal with those who had great influence on law and society. From an institutional standpoint, however, this study of "a justice who failed" sharpens our understanding of how the U.S. Supreme Court differs from other judicial bodies and fills a surprising gap in the Court's history.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Youth
  • Law Practice
  • Judicial Ascent
  • Supreme Court Life
  • Flavor of the Fifties
  • Lingering Aftertaste
  • Retirement
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2001023334
LCC Class: KF8745
Dewey Class: 347
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