CURRENTLY SOLD OUT

The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist by John A. Jenkins (Hardback, 2012)

About this product

Product Information

As a young lawyer practicing in Arizona, far from the political centre of the country, William Hubbs Rehnquist's icoclasm made him a darling of Goldwater Republicans. He was brash and articulate. Although he was unquestionably ambitious and extraordinarily self-confident, his journey to Washington required a mixture of good-old-boy connections and rank good fortune. An outsider and often lone dissenter on his arrival, Rehnquist outlasted the liberal vestiges of the Warren Court and the collegiate conservatism of the Burger Court, until in 1986 he became the most overtly political conservative to sit as chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Over that time Rehnquist's thinking pointedly did t--indeed, could t--evolve. Dogma trumped leadership. So, despite his intellectual gifts, Rehnquist left body of law or opinions that define his tenure as chief justice or even seem likely to endure. Instead, Rehnquist bestowed a different legacy: he made it respectable to be an expedient conservative on the Court. The Supreme Court w is as deeply divided politically as the executive and legislative branches of our government, and for this Rehnquist must receive the credit or the blame. His successor as chief justice, John Roberts, is his natural heir. Under Roberts, who clerked for Rehnquist, the Court remains unrecognizable as an agent of social balance. Gone are the majorities that expanded the Bill of Rights. The Rehnquist Court, which lasted almost twenty years, was moulded in his image. In thirty-three years on the Supreme Court, from 1972 until his death in 2005 at age 80, Rehnquist was at the centre of the Court's dramatic political transformation. He was a partisan, waging a quiet, constant battle to imbue the Court with a deep conservatism favouring government power over individual rights. The story of how and why Rehnquist rose to power is as compelling as it is improbable. Rehnquist left behind memoir, and there has never been a substantial biography of him: Rehnquist was an uncooperative subject, and during his lifetime he made an effort to ensure that journalists would have scant material to work with. John A. Jenkins has produced the first full biography of Rehnquist, exploring the roots of his political and judicial convictions and showing how a brilliantly instinctive jurist, who began his career on the Court believing he would only ever be an isolated voice of right-wing objection, created the ethos of the modern Supreme Court.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
The Perseus Books Group, Publicaffairs,U.S.
ISBN-10
1586488872
ISBN-13
9781586488871
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114022301

Product Key Features

Author
John A. Jenkins
Format
Cloth over Boards, Hardback
Language
English
Topic
Autobiography: General

Additional Product Features

Place of Publication
New York
Content Note
8-Pp. B/w Photo Insert on Text
Author Biography
John A. Jenkins is president and publisher of CQ Press. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, the Washington Monthly, and the American Lawyer. He is a four-time recipient of the American Bar Association's Gavel Award Certificate of Merit, the highest award in legal journalism.
Date of Publication
01/05/2012
Country of Publication
United States

Best Selling in Books

See all

Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Books

The Concise 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene (Paperback, 2002)
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 21 product ratings
AU $21.51 New
---- Used
The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna Wiest (Paperback, 2020)
5.0 out of 5 stars based on 6 product ratings
AU $21.99 New
AU $15.39 Used
KJV, Gift and Award Bible, Leather-Look, Black, Red Letter, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version by Zondervan (Paperback, 2017)
4.9 out of 5 stars based on 18 product ratings
AU $17.00 New
---- Used
Atomic Habits: the life-changing million-copy #1 bestseller by James Clear (Paperback, 2018)
4.8 out of 5 stars based on 25 product ratings
AU $19.44 New
AU $8.95 Used
Scott The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape
5.0 out of 5 stars based on 2 product ratings
AU $20.95 New
AU $19.95 Used
Camps 12 Australia by Heatley Gilmore, Michelle Gilmore (2022,Wide Book Spiral)
4.8 out of 5 stars based on 19 product ratings
AU $74.90 New
---- Used
Air Fryer Cookbook for Beginners: 550 simple, Easy & Delicious Air Fryer Recipes That Anyone Can Cook by Alexandra Peterson (Paperback, 2020)
3.8 out of 5 stars based on 25 product ratings
AU $19.55 New
---- Used

Save on Books

Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on Books

Orthodox Study Bible: Ancient Christianity Speaks to Today's World
AU $61.53
Trending at AU $64.95
NEW Bluey: My Mum is the Best By Bluey (Hardcover) Picture Book FREE Shipping
AU $11.95
Trending at AU $15.68
Frank Herbert'S Dune Saga 3-Book Boxed Set: Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of
AU $43.95
Trending at AU $47.28
The Courage to be Disliked: The Japanese phenomenon that shows you how to free y
AU $19.95
Trending at AU $21.50
Haunting Adeline by H. D. Carlton, Paperback Book
AU $35.66
Trending at AU $37.99
The Source: Open Your Mind, Change Your Life by Tara Swart Paperback Book NEW AU
AU $24.99
Trending at AU $27.22

Shop by category

The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist by John A. Jenkins (Hardback, 2012)

About this product

Product Information

Product Identifiers

Product Key Features

Additional Product Features

Best Selling in Books

The Concise 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene (Paperback, 2002)

The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna Wiest (Paperback, 2020)

KJV, Gift and Award Bible, Leather-Look, Black, Red Letter, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version by Zondervan (Paperback, 2017)

Atomic Habits: the life-changing million-copy #1 bestseller by James Clear (Paperback, 2018)

Scott The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape

Camps 12 Australia by Heatley Gilmore, Michelle Gilmore (2022,Wide Book Spiral)

Air Fryer Cookbook for Beginners: 550 simple, Easy & Delicious Air Fryer Recipes That Anyone Can Cook by Alexandra Peterson (Paperback, 2020)

Save on Books

Orthodox Study Bible: Ancient Christianity Speaks to Today's World

NEW Bluey: My Mum is the Best By Bluey (Hardcover) Picture Book FREE Shipping

Frank Herbert'S Dune Saga 3-Book Boxed Set: Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of

The Courage to be Disliked: The Japanese phenomenon that shows you how to free y

Haunting Adeline by H. D. Carlton, Paperback Book

The Source: Open Your Mind, Change Your Life by Tara Swart Paperback Book NEW AU

You may also like

William Shakespeare Hardcovers Books

William Shakespeare Paperbacks Books

William Shakespeare Language Course

William Shakespeare Hardcover Books

William Stuart Long Fiction Books

William Shakespeare Antiquarian & Collectable Books in English