Justices and Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court - Henry Julian Abraham - Hardcover

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 appointee's performance on the bench fulfilled, or disappointed, presidential expectations.Abraham, Henry J. is the author of 'Justices and Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court - Henry Julian Abraham - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780195065572 and ISBN 0195065573.