Justices & Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court

Justices & Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court by Abraham, Henry J.. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780195065572.

This new edition of this classic history of the Supreme Court discusses the selection, nomination, and appointment of each of the Justices who have sat on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1789. Abraham provides a fascinating account of the presidential motivations behind each nomination, examining how each appointees performance on the bench fulfilled, or disappointed, presidential expectations.