Bill-of-rights cases in the 19th century
A: Thomas: The Univ. of South Carolina Press has put out a series of books on the chief justiceships of the US supreme court. I''ve read the volume on Chief Justice Melville Fuller, which contained a good section on civil rights cases handled by the court during Melville''s tenure. I would guess that the other books in the series would do likewise. Unfortunately, the series does not contain volumes on Roger Taney, Salmon Chase, or Morrison Waite, so that leaves a pretty large hole in the middle of the nineteenth century. ABC-CLIO also has a series on the chief justiceships that covers all the chief justices, but I have never read them so I can''t comment on their...