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Making Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961-1991
Making Constitutional Law Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court 19611991 Author:Mark V. Tushnet Following on Making Civil Rights Law, which covered Thurgood Marshall's career from 1936-1961, this book focuses on Marshall's career on the Supreme Court from 1961-1991, where he was the first Afro-American Justice. Based on thorough research in the Supreme Court papers of Justice Marshall and others, this book describes Marshall's approach to... more » constitutional law in areas ranging from civil rights and the death penalty to abortion and poverty. It locates the Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991 in a broader political and historical context, showing how the nation's drift toward conservatism affected the Court.« less