The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren was the most revolutionary and controversial Supreme Court in American history. But in what sense? Challenging the reigning consensus that the Warren Court, fundamentally, was protecting minorities, Lucas Powe revives the valuable tradition of looking at the Supreme Court in the wide political environment to find the Warren Court a functioning partner in Kennedy-Johnson liberalism. Thus the Court helped to impose national liberal-elite values on groups that were outliers to that tradition--the white South, rural America, and areas of Roman Catholic dominance.

In a learned and lively narrative, Powe discusses over 200 significant rulings: the explosive Brown decision, which fundamentally challenged the Southern way of life; reapportionment (one person, one vote), which changed the political balance of American legislatures; the gradual elimination of anti-Communist domestic security programs; the reform of criminal procedures (Mapp, Gideon, Miranda); the ban on school-sponsored prayer; and a new law on pornography.

Most of these decisions date from 1962, when those who shaped the dominant ideology of the Warren Court of storied fame gained a fifth secure liberal vote. The Justices of the majority were prominent individuals, brimming with confidence, willing to help shape a revolution and see if it would last.

前 言

第一章 最高法院，1953—1956年

第一部分

开始：1953，d1956年开庭期

开场白：沃伦之前的布朗案

第二章 布朗案

第三章执行

第四章 国内安全

第五章 未来一瞥

第二部分

僵 局：1957—1961年开庭期

开场白：危险，惊人地接近

第六章 红色星期一之后的国内安全

第七章 小石城与公民权利

第八章转变

第三部分

历史的沃伦法院：1962～1968年开庭期

开场白：第五票

第九章 为了民权法

第十章 修补民主过程

第十一章 民权法之后

第十二章 表达自由

第十三章 淫秽的终结?

第十四章 一个多元社会的教会与国家

第十五章 校正警察机构

第十六章 校正刑事司法制度

第十七章 贫 富

第四部分

时代终结

开场白：退 休

第十八章 最后一年

第十九章 沃伦法院为何物?

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