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1998 J. Sup. Ct. Hist. 133 (1998)
Hail to the Chief: A Bibliographical Essay on Six Chief Justices of the United States

handle is hein.journals/jspcth1998 and id is 138 raw text is: Hail to the Chief: A Bibliographical Essay on Six Chief Justices of the United States John B. Taylor Although Chief Justices of the United States tend to downplay the notion that their role is significantly more important than that of Asso- ciate Justices, and although their tenures do not necessarily coincide with periods that are, on the basis of other criteria., discrete eras in political or judicial history, observers of the Su- preme Court nevertheless commonly focus on Chief Justices and define judicial eras in terms of them. In many cases, that is fully justified. The Marshall and Warren Courts surely exem- plify distinctive approaches to the use of judi- cial power and the substance of judicial policymaking. Both John Marshall and Earl Warren had a major impact on those develop- ments, and both left the Court as times were changing. William Howard Taft joined the Court at a time of political transition and heft- ily embodied reascendant conservatism. He was succeeded by Charles Evans Hughes, whose performance-whether viewed as statesmanlike, vacillating, or obfuscatory-re- flected the doctrinal shifts of his time. Melville Weston Fuller was not the prime mover on his Court, but a focus on his tenure encapsulates the rise of substantive due process at the hands of colleagues such as Justice Stephen J. Field. In many respects, Roger Brooke Taney adapted the work of John Marshall. but his Court be- came a focal point for the overriding mid-nine- teenth century constitutional issues of slavery and the integrity of the Union. Each of these men was. moreover, personally noteworthy in his own way, and it would be remarkable if that were not so. The preceding essays in this vol- ume thus appropriately focus on these six Chief Justices and paint skillful portraits of their lives and work. What remains is to survey some of the restof the vast literature on them that other scholars have produced. General Works Broad works of constitutional history pro- vide an overview of our subjects in context. Alfred H. Kelly, Winfred A. Harbison, and

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