Office > Leaving the Bench: Supreme Court Justices at the End by David N. Atkinson, ISBN 0700609466

Leaving the Bench: Supreme Court Justices at the End by David N. Atkinson, ISBN 0700609466

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Suffering from a bad heart, emphysema, glaucoma, and deafness, Thurgood Marshall finally retired from the Supreme Court at the age of 82 in spite of having always claimed "I was appointed to a life term, and I intend to serve it." Many observers felt he should have left much earlier.

Life appointments make Supreme Court justices among the most powerful officials in government and allow even dysfunctional judges to stay on long after they should have departed. For that reason, when a justice leaves the bench is often as controversial as when he's appointed. This first comprehensive historical treatment of their deaths, resignations, and retirements explains when and why justices do step down. It considers the diverse circumstances under which they leave office and clarifies why they often are reluctant to, showing how factors like pensions, party loyalty, or personal pride come into play. It also relates physical ailments to mental faculties, offering examples of how a justice's disability sometimes affects Court decisions.

David Atkinson examines each of the nearly 100 men who have left the bench and provides anecdotal glimpses into the lives of famous and obscure justices alike. He reveals how men like Salmon Chase and William O. Douglas determinedly continued to serve after suffering strokes, how Joseph McKenna persevered despite knowing he was professionally unqualified, and how, long before Thurgood Marshall, the ailing octogenarian Gabriel Duvall finally retired after struggling to protect another ideological position on the Court.

Ultimately, Atkinson shows just how human these people are and enhances our understanding of how the Court conducts its business. He also suggestsspecific ways to improve the present situation, weighing the pros and cons of mandatory retirement and calling for reform in the delegation of duties to law clerks -- who in recent years have dominated the actual writing of many justices' decisions.

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Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman Series, this text offers a clear screen-by-screen, step-by-step approach to learning the fundamentals of Microsoft Office XP. Microsoft Office Xp Introductory Concepts and Techniques, Enhanced, Perfect Bound by Gary B. Shelly, ISBN 0619200022
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Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964 by Michael R. Beschloss, ISBN 0671046470

"Taking Charge" brings you into the room with an American political legend, still hated and revered a quarter century after his death. We hear Lyndon Johnson as he schemes and blusters, rewards and punishes, and reveals a bedrock core of unshakable political beliefs.

The only President to record his private conversations from his first day in office, LBJ ordered these tapes locked in a vault until at least the year 2023. But now they have been unsealed, providing a close-up look at a President taking power such as we have never had before -- from John F. Kennedy's murder in November 1963 to Johnson's campaign for a landslide victory.

"Taking Charge" is filled with revelations about the full-blooded Texan behind the public image. You will hear LBJ:

* Revealing his self-doubts and personal anguish over the responsibilities of the presidency
* Receiving the frank criticism of his wife, Lady Bird Johnson
* Staking his presidency on a revolutionaly civil rights bill
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Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964 by Michael R. Beschloss, ISBN 0671046470

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Sally Goes to the Vet

Huneck's irrepressible canine star, Sally the Black Labrador, returns in an adventure that leads her, unfortunately, to the vet's office. But the intrepid Sally quickly learns that a visit to the vet doesn't have to be scary. Full color. Sally Goes to the Vet
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Diplomacy and Intelligence During the Second World War by RichardLanghorne, ISBN 0521521971

This collection of specially commissioned essays has been assembled as a tribute to Professor F. H. Hinsley, the foremost historian of British wartime intelligence. Strategic topics include the rapid collapse of France in 1940, Britain's response to it, and Russia's demand for a second front in Europe after she entered the war in 1941. Major diplomatic problems are also considered: the management of the British Foreign Office during the period of appeasement, how to prevent Franco's Spain from joining the Axis, how to handle the situation in Yugoslavia following Tito's successes with the Partisans, and Roosevelt's doctrine of 'unconditional surrender'. The book concludes with an assessment of the case against Germany over the invasion of Norway as it came before the Nuremberg Tribunal. Diplomacy and Intelligence During the Second World War by RichardLanghorne, ISBN 0521521971
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