Pulitzer-winning historian Burns gives a brisk, readable tour of the history of the appointment of Supreme Court justices since 1789. In this respect, the book is fresh and compelling. But Burns ...

BOSTON (AP) — James MacGregor Burns, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and political scientist who analyzed the nature of presidential leadership and wrote candid biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

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James MacGregor Burns was a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian whose explorations of leadership, specifically presidential leadership, resonate today. His wide renown as an author and intellectual aside ...

Editor’s note: Sean McHugh, an Eagle columnist, is the grandson of historian, political scientist and presidential biographer James MacGregor Burns. Burns died Tuesday at age 95. My grandfather died ...

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Burns's latest is a jeremiad against the influence and unelected power of the Supreme Court. Burns ably guides reader through a brief history of the court, concentrating ...

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. After more than 20 books, a Pulitzer Prize and many other honors for his work on the executive and legislative branches of government, 89-year-old historian James MacGregor Burns ...

A Conversation on retirement from Williams College -- The Origins of the American presidency -- James MacGregor Burns and the ideas of a vigorous, programmatic, partisan yet accountable presidency -- ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: James MacGregor Burns is a Professor Emeritus for the Political Science Department in the Williams College with 10 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was ...

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The first courtpackers -- John Marshall's Constitution -- The Dred decision -- War powers: Lincoln vs. Taney -- Deconstruction: Republican reversal -- A court for the gilded age -- The triumphant Mr.