"Beautifully organized and written, this is the first systematic
effort to pull together and analyze Supreme Court deaths,
resignations, and retirements. As such, it makes a significant
contribution to the field." --Tinsley E. Yarbrough, author of
Judicial Enigma: The First Justice Harlan"This is clearly a book
for Supreme Court junkies, and I am one of those. A pleasure to
read, it is filled with lots of fascinating detail about the
medical conditions of justices and their ultimate demise. This
makes for both engaging and, at times, macabre reading. Atkinson's
purpose, of course, is not simply to entertain. He is concerned
with the impact of judicial disability on the workings of the
Supreme Court throughout its history and grapples with potential
solutions to the problems it poses."--Sheldon Goldman, author of
Picking Federal Judges: Lower Court Selection from Roosevelt
through Reagan
"Trivia buffs and scholars alike will enjoy this lively
volume."--National Law Journal"The questions Atkinson asks are not
just academic: thoughts of Supreme Court vacancies are sure to crop
up in this year's presidential race."--Wall Street Journal"Highly
engaging. . . . This book is must reading."--Appellate Practice
Journal"Fascinating."--Legal Times"Over a twenty-year period,
Atkinson had the opportunity to interview many former Justices,
their families and associates. Such first-person experiences,
freshly preserved, are of incalculable value to historians of the
Court as well as present-day readers."--New York Law Journal
Beautifully organized and written, this is the first systematic
effort to pull together and analyze Supreme Court deaths,
resignations, and retirements. As such, it makes a significant
contribution to the field. --Tinsley E. Yarbrough, author of
Judicial Enigma: The First Justice HarlanThis is clearly a book
for Supreme Court junkies, and I am one of those. A pleasure to
read, it is filled with lots of fascinating detail about the
medical conditions of justices and their ultimate demise. This
makes for both engaging and, at times, macabre reading. Atkinson's
purpose, of course, is not simply to entertain. He is concerned
with the impact of judicial disability on the workings of the
Supreme Court throughout its history and grapples with potential
solutions to the problems it poses.--Sheldon Goldman, author
of Picking Federal Judges: Lower Court Selection from Roosevelt
through Reagan
Trivia buffs and scholars alike will enjoy this lively
volume.--National Law JournalThe questions Atkinson asks are not
just academic: thoughts of Supreme Court vacancies are sure to crop
up in this year's presidential race.--Wall Street JournalHighly
engaging. . . . This book is must reading.--Appellate Practice
JournalFascinating.--Legal TimesOver a twenty-year period, Atkinson
had the opportunity to interview many former Justices, their
families and associates. Such first-person experiences, freshly
preserved, are of incalculable value to historians of the Court as
well as present-day readers.--New York Law Journal
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