Book contents
- LBJ’s America
- LBJ’s America
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Power and Purpose: LBJ in the Presidency
- Chapter 2 LBJ and the Contours of American Liberalism
- Chapter 3 Lyndon Johnson and the Transformation of Cold War Conservatism
- Chapter 4 The Great Society and the Beloved Community: Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Partnership That Transformed a Nation
- Chapter 5 Lyndon Johnson, Mexican Americans,and the Border
- Chapter 6 The War on Poverty: How Qualitative Liberalism Prevailed
- Chapter 7 LBJ’s Supreme Court
- Chapter 8 “If I Cannot Get a Whole Loaf, I Will Get What Bread I Can”: LBJ and the Hart–Celler Immigration Act of 1965
- Chapter 9 “It’s Always Hard to Cut Losses”: The Politics of Escalation in Vietnam
- Chapter 10 Lyndon Johnson and the Shifting Global Order
- Chapter 11 “Through a Narrow Glass”: Compassion, Power, and Lyndon Johnson’s Struggle to Make Sense of the Third World
- Afterword: LBJ’s America
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
Chapter 7 - LBJ’s Supreme Court
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2023
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Book contents
- LBJ’s America
- LBJ’s America
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Power and Purpose: LBJ in the Presidency
- Chapter 2 LBJ and the Contours of American Liberalism
- Chapter 3 Lyndon Johnson and the Transformation of Cold War Conservatism
- Chapter 4 The Great Society and the Beloved Community: Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Partnership That Transformed a Nation
- Chapter 5 Lyndon Johnson, Mexican Americans,and the Border
- Chapter 6 The War on Poverty: How Qualitative Liberalism Prevailed
- Chapter 7 LBJ’s Supreme Court
- Chapter 8 “If I Cannot Get a Whole Loaf, I Will Get What Bread I Can”: LBJ and the Hart–Celler Immigration Act of 1965
- Chapter 9 “It’s Always Hard to Cut Losses”: The Politics of Escalation in Vietnam
- Chapter 10 Lyndon Johnson and the Shifting Global Order
- Chapter 11 “Through a Narrow Glass”: Compassion, Power, and Lyndon Johnson’s Struggle to Make Sense of the Third World
- Afterword: LBJ’s America
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
Summary
The modern era of partisanship in Supreme Court confirmations began during LBJ’s presidency. It saw two successful Supreme Court nominations and two failed ones that had lasting consequences. As the president, the Senate, nominees, interest groups, and the public mobilized, they created and politicized the confirmation process, and Republicans realized how powerful a tool the threat of an “activist Supreme Court” could be in shaping and uniting the GOP.
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- LBJ's AmericaThe Life and Legacies of Lyndon Baines Johnson, pp. 171 - 199Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023