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Author:   Peter Irons
Publisher:   Turner Publishing Company
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.438kg
ISBN:  

9781118114995

ISBN 10:   111811499
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 April 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface How Did You Get Here? vii Introduction The Judicial Power of the United States : How Our Courts Were Framed and How They Function 1 Part I No Reasonable Juror : The Death-Row Ordeal of Paul House 1 The Murder of Carolyn Muncey 27 2 The Murder Trial of Paul House 43 3 Paul House's Appeals in the Tennessee State Courts 69 4 Paul House's Federal Habeas Corpus Petition and Hearing 75 5 Paul House Seeks Relief from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 103 6 Paul House's Appeal to the United States Supreme Court 111 7 The House Case Returns to the Federal and State Courts 127 Part II An Establishment of Religion : The Ten Commandments and Crosses in the Courts 8 A Tale of Two Cities and Two Cases 141 9 The Hearings and the Opinions in the McCreary County and Van Orden Cases 167 10 The Supreme Court Appeals in the Ten Commandments Cases 175 11 The Impact of Justice Breyer's Concurrence on Pending Ten Commandments Cases 193 12 The Infl uence of Politics in Religion Cases: The Mt. Soledad Cross Case 213 13 Religious Politics, Judicial Snarls, and the Mojave Desert Cross Case 241 Conclusion 253 Appendix of Supreme Court Opinions 257 I. Opinions in House v. Bell 257 II. Opinions in McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky 280 III. Opinions in Van Orden v. Perry 305 Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading 325 Index 329

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Peter Irons is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of California, San Diego. A graduate of Harvard Law School and noted Supreme Court authority, his numerous books, including A People's History of the Supreme Court, have won five Silver Gavel awards from the American Bar Association for their contributions to public understanding of the American legal system.

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