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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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While writing this book, I accumulated a number of debts that it is my pleasure to acknowledge. Bill Caferro and Megan Weiler kindly invited me into their home during one of my numerous research trips. Justin and Rosa Byrne provided companionship during another research-related excursion. David O’Brien, Jeff Oldham, and Step Feldman read an early version of my argument and offered valuable counsel. Step also suggested that I consider developing the piece into a book-length study. After I did so, Jacob Howland read a first draft of the manuscript and offered a number of helpful stylistic and substantive suggestions. Elvin Lim and Cornell Clayton likewise provided valuable comments and suggestions after they read an expanded version of the manuscript. I had the good fortune to have extended conversations with Howard Gillman and Gerald Rosenberg during their respective visits to the University of Tulsa for the Lectureship in Politics and Law. I also had a brief but informative discussion with Mark Graber during his visit to the University of Tulsa College of Law, and I benefited greatly from conversations that I had with Ron Jepperson. I thank Lee Epstein for bringing her recent work on ideological drift to my attention, and I appreciate Kevin Quinn’s willingness to respond to my questions regarding the same subject. I am grateful to Andy Burstein for encouraging me to send the completed manuscript to the University of Virginia Press and for contacting the press on my behalf. I extend a special thank you to Bill Schabas, Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway, for his generosity and support during my sabbatical semester in 2006. The faculty, staff, and students at the Centre could not have been more welcoming to my family and me. The Centre provided a truly hospitable environment in which to research and write. My colleagues in the Department of Political Science at the University of Tulsa are deserving of thanks for their collegiality and encouragement. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS x Acknowledgments I am especially grateful to Michael Mosher, Chair of the Department of Political Science, and Tom Benediktson, Dean of the Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences, for their support. The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at the University of Tulsa afforded valuable support regarding the publication of the manuscript. Keith Schoenefeld provided software expertise at critical moments, while Toy Kelley helped me with the department’s computer hardware and otherwise aided in the book’s production. Katy Barr, Vanessa Metzner, and especially Anna Gann patiently accommodated my endless requests for articles and documents. An Earhart Foundation Fellowship enabled me to extend a sabbatical leave, providing valuable time to research and write. A Henry M. Phillips Research Grant in Jurisprudence from the American Philosophical Society provided funds to visit libraries housing the collections of various Supreme Court justices. The staff of the manuscript division of the Library of Congress was immensely helpful. Michael Widener, Head of Special Collections at the Tarlton Law Library of the University of Texas at Austin, afforded valuable assistance. Portions of chapter 4 appeared in the 1989 Journal of Supreme Court History (copyright 1989 by The Supreme Court Historical Society. All rights reserved). I am especially grateful to the editors, staff, and readers of the University of Virginia Press. In particular, Dick Holway was patient and very helpful while I revised the manuscript before publication, and it was a pleasure to work with Raennah Mitchell, Mark Mones, Morgan Myers, Margie Towery, and Margaret Hogan. Ronald Kahn and Thomas Keck provided detailed comments, criticisms, and suggestions that substantially improved the book. Finally, I would like to thank my wife Laura and my sons Evan and, especially, Aaron for their patience and encouragement. Laura tolerated me on countless occasions when I felt compelled to work through bookrelated problems in the evening, and Evan offered his Luddite of a father much-needed aid regarding the mysteries of Microsoft Paint. Aaron grew quite a bit (and much too quickly, I might add) during the time that it took to write this book. With good humor, he endured the competition that this project presented to significantly more important matters such as roofball, hockey behind the garage, soccer, baseball, hoops, hurling, and tennis. He also graciously agreed (although he may have been watching television at the time) to assume full responsibility for any errors and omissions in the manuscript. Although I think Aaron would understand if the...