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The Supreme Court under Morrison R. Waite, 1874-1888 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kens, Paul
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2010]
Series:Chief justiceships of the United States Supreme Court.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court > History > 19th century.
Constitutional history > United States.
Waite, Morrison R. > (Morrison Remick), > 1816-1888.
Table of Contents:
  • Waite, Waite, don't tell me
  • Freedom detoured
  • After the compromise
  • Romancing the rails
  • The last gasp of the rights of the community
  • Too big to be allowed to fail
  • Sinking fund
  • A change is gonna come
  • Interstate commerce
  • The big country
  • Equal rights: tales of the old west
  • Conclusion: legacy of the Waite court.