now when the greenhouse is one of the supreme court s best and most experienced observers. she covered the court for the new york times for decades and now writes about it for the times opinion page and teaches at yale law where she s the night distinguished journalist and residence. she s written in oxford and oxford university. press very short introduction to the supreme court, which is apparently sold out currently at the supreme court. a biography of justice blackmon and co-wrote history of roe vs wade and in her newest book the burger cart, she turns her attention to the court between 1969 and 1986 when the chief justice was the nixon appointed warren burger received wisdom as we were just discussing at the desk about this period in the court s history. isn t that much happened? there was some big decisions. there was roe v wade, so that was good and that that was it. not not so much greenhouse takes the idea part and she and her co-author michael gratz show the ways th
1969 and 1986 when the chief justice was the nixon appointed warren burger received wisdom as we were just discussing at the desk about this period in the court s history. isn t that much happened? there was some big decisions. there was roe v wade, so that was good and that that was it. not not so much greenhouse takes the idea part and she and her co-author michael gratz show the ways that the conservative mainly nixon appointed burger court reversed or undercut the president sat by the liberal court led by chief justice warren curbing civil rights and individual liberties while extending first demand that rights to businesses the first time. i could draw some connections here, but you re not actually here to listen to me talk about the court. you re here for linda greenhouse. so please join me in welcoming her to politics. thank you. it s really a treat to be back here. i ve been here for a couple of the other books you heard about and this is my first actual book talk wit
retribution. lincoln wants to win the peace, as well as win the war. right after, lincoln appears at the window of the white house and accepts the applause of well wishers. crowds are gathered around the white house. there are bands playing. there is jubilation everywhere. and lincoln says, let s hear dixie. someone in the audience says, that s a confederate song. he says, no, we won it fair and square. tad even waves the flag that he brought back from the front. the war was over, but what was the political fall-out of that? congress approved the 13th amendment. black people are not leaving the country. and, so, what is their fate going to be as americans ? on april 9th, 1865 robert e. lee surrender effectively brings the civil war to an end. in the four years of brutal violence, nearly 800,000 americans lost their lives. despite the relief and celebration victory brings, the country has said a hefty price, which weighs heavily on the president. lincoln clea
retribution. lincoln wants to win the peace as well as win the war. right after appomattox, lincoln appears at the window of the white house and accepts the applause of well wishers. crowds are gathered around the white house. there are bands playing. there s jubilation everywhere. and lincoln says, let s hear dixie. someone in the audience says, dixie? that s a confederate song. he says, no, we won it fair and square. it s the spoils of war. let s have the music. tad even waves a confederate flag that he brought back from the front. the war was over, but what was the political fallout of that? congress approved the 13th amendment. black people are not leaving the country, and so what is their fate going to be as americans? on april 9th, 1865, robert e. lee s surrender effectively brings the civil war to an end. in the four years of brutal violence, nearly 800,000 americans lost their lives. despite the relief and celebration victory brings, the country
nominations in the late sixties to early seventies, and the backdrop was the last time we looked at the war in court, this increasing surge of controversial decisions from the court. two basic principles. counter majority organism, the idea that it is a particular job of the supreme court to stand up on behalf of people who may not have majority support, whether it was atheist, or civil rights activists, or criminal defendants throughout the 19 sixties. and second, was the emergence of this philosophy that some historians have called rights of related liberalism. liberalism in the united states was primarily devoted to the protection of individual rights, and as a result, the supreme court became a very important 1ourt became a very important one problem, which is that if your governing is going to approach the supreme court, you have to a supreme court justices, and as we see this becomes an increasingly fraught prospect for the liberals. so the backdrop. lbj. after 64, afte