Guides: United States Supreme Court Research: Histories & Analysis

Supreme Court of the United States: History and Traditions (publicly accessible)

Supreme Court of the United States,

History and Traditions

HeinOnline: U.S. Supreme Court Library (subscription)

HeinOnline,

U.S. Supreme Court Library > In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (HEIN).
- Includes a brief history of the Supreme Court and highlights landmark cases.
- Tab: Books on the Court includes many older historical and analytical works, such as:
  - Basic History of the U.S. Supreme Court (1968) by Bernard Schwartz.
  - Behind Bakke: Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court (1988) by Bernard Schwartz.
  - Early History of the Federal Supreme Court (1922) by W. H. Muller.

Supreme Court Historical Society: Sources (some material is publicly accessible)

This Supreme Court Historical Society describes itself as "a private non-profit organization [that] is dedicated to the collection and preservation of the history of the Supreme Court of the United States."

Supreme Court Historical Society,

Virtual lectures and conversations, accessible through YouTube.
- Example: John Stewart Rock - A Trailblazed Life. A lecture by Christopher Brooks.
  - Professor Christopher Brooks discusses his research on Dr. John Stewart Rock, Esq., who was the first Black member of the Supreme Court Bar.
Quarterly (newsletter archive)
Index to the Journal of Supreme Court History Volumes 1-47 (1976-2022)
Journal of Supreme Court History (now published 3 times/year)
- BLS Library's print subscription is closed.
- BLS Library's print holdings: 1990-v. 45, no. 3 (published Nov. 1, 2020).
- Also available in Academic Search Premier (a BLS subscription database) from Mar. 1, 2000-, with a 1-year embargo on current content. PDF.
  - In linked page above, click line: Full Text: 03/01/2000 to present (with a 12 Month delay)
- Also available in HeinOnline (a BLS subscription database) from 1976-1998, vols. 24-45 (1999-2020), with a 3-year embargo on current content. Title varies. 1976-1989: Title was: Yearbook: Supreme Court Historical Society. PDF.
Yearbook: Supreme Court Historical Society (originally published annually)
- BLS Library's print holdings: 1976-1989.

Books: History & Analysis of Specific Courts

Burger Court:

The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right by Michael J. Graetz & Linda Greenhouse
Call Number: KF8748 .G69 2016 (Main)

Publication Date: 2016
The Burger Court: Political and Judicial Profiles by Charles M. Lamb & Stephen C. Halpern, eds.
Call Number: KF8742 .B76 1991 (Main)

Publication Date: 1991
The Chief Justiceship of Warren Burger, 1969-1986 by Earl M. Maltz
Call Number: KF8745.B76 M35 2000 (Main)

Publication Date: 2000

Chase Court:

The Chase Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy by Jonathan Lurie
Call Number: KF8742 .L87 2004 (Main)

Publication Date: 2004

Rehnquist Court:

Like a Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights, and the Legal History of Racism in America by Robert A. Williams, Jr.
Call Number: KF8210.C5 W55 2005 (Main)

Publication Date: 2005
The Rehnquist Court: A Retrospective by Martin H. Belsky, ed.
Publication Date: 2002

In SARA catalog record for this ebook, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (EBSCO). BLS Library provides access to "unlimited copies."
The Rehnquist Court: Judicial Activism on the Right by Herman Schwartz, ed.
Call Number: F8742.A5 R44 2002 (Main)

Publication Date: 2002

Roberts Court:

American Justice 2019: The Roberts Court Arrives by Mark Joseph Stern
Call Number: KF8742 .S749 2020 (Main)

Publication Date: 2019
Church and State in the Roberts Court: Christian Conservatism and Social Change in Ten Cases, 2005-2018 by Jerold L. Waltman
Call Number: EBOOK (EBSCO) KF4865 .W35 2019eb

Publication Date: 2019

In SARA catalog record for ebook, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (EBSCO). BLS Library provides access to "unlimited copies."
In the Balance: Law and Politics on the Roberts Court by Mark Tushnet
Call Number: KF8775 .T87 2013 (Main)

Publication Date: 2013
Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts Court: Rhetorical Neutrality and the Perpetuation of Inequality by Cedric Merlin Powell
Publication Date: 2022

In SARA catalog record for ebook, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (EBC). BLS Library provides 1 digital copy.
The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution by Marcia Coyle
Call Number: KF8742 .C69 2013 (Main)

Publication Date: 2013
Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution by Laurence H. Tribe & Joshua Matz
Call Number: KF4550 .T789 2014 (Main)

Publication Date: 2014
Unfit for Democracy: The Roberts Court and the Breakdown of American Politics by Stephen E. Gottlieb
Call Number: EBOOK (EBSCO) KF8742 .G68 2016eb

Publication Date: 2016

In SARA catalog record for ebook, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (EBSCO). BLS Library provides "unlimited copies."

Warren Court:

Democracy and Equality: The Enduring Constitutional Vision of the Warren Court by Geoffrey R. Stone & David A. Strauss
Call Number: KF4745 .S76 2020 (Main)

Publication Date: 2020
Earl Warren and the Warren Court: The Legacy in American and Foreign Law by Harry N. Scheiber, ed.
Call Number: KF8748 .E159 2007 (Main)

Publication Date: 2006
The Warren Court and the Democratic Constitution by Morton J. Horwitz & Erwin Chemerinsky
Publication Date: c2024
The Warren Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy by Melvin I. Urofsky, ed.
Call Number: KF8742 .U764 2001 (Main)

Publication Date: 2001

Books: Supreme Court History & Analysis

Multi-volume Histories:

The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800 by Maeva Marcus & James R. Perry, eds.
Call Number: KF8742.A45 D63 1985 (8 vols., in Main)

Publication Date: [1985-2007]

In SARA catalog record for ebook, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (LLMC). Also available in print in Main collection.
Contents of this Documentary History:
v. 1. pt. 1. Appointments and proceedings -- v. 1. pt. 2. Commentaries on appointments and proceedings -- v. 2. The justices on circuit, 1790-1794 -- v. 3. The justices on circuit, 1795-1800 -- v. 4. Organizing the federal judiciary: Legislation and commentaries -- v. 5. Suits against states -- v. 6. Cases, 1790-1795-- v. 7. Cases, 1796-1797 -- v. 8. Cases, 1798-1800.
History of the Supreme Court of the United States
Call Number: KF8742.A45 H55 (Main)

Publication Date: Originally published by Macmillan [1971-1984] and now published by Cambridge University Press

v. 1. Antecedents and beginnings to 1801 / by J. Goebel, Jr.-- v. 2. Foundations of power, John Marshall, 1801-15 / by G.L. Haskins and H.A. Johnson -- v. 3-4. The Marshall court and cultural change, 1815-35 / by G. Edward White -- v. 5. The Taney period, 1836-64 / by C.B. Swisher -- v. 6. Reconstruction and reunion, 1864-88, pt. 1 / by C. Fairman -- v. 7. Reconstruction and reunion, 1864-88, pt. 2 / by C. Fairman -- v. 7. Suppl. Five justices and the electoral commission of 1877/ by Charles Fairman -- v. 8. Troubled beginnings of the modern state, 1888-1910 / by O.M. Fiss -- v. 9. The judiciary and responsible government, 1910-21 / by A.M. Bickel and B. Schmidt -- v. 10. The Taft Court, 1921-30 / by R. Cover -- v. 11. The Hughes Court, from progressivism to pluralism, 1930-1941 / by Mark V. Tushnet -- v. 12. The Birth of the modern Constitution, The United States Supreme Court, 1941-1953 / by William M. Wiecek.