That Eminent Tribunal: Judicial Supremacy and the Constitution, Judicial Supremacy and the Constitution
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That Eminent Tribunal: Judicial Supremacy and the Constitution, Judicial Supremacy and the Constitution
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
That Eminent Tribunal: Judicial Supremacy and the Constitution
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
New Forum Books
Sub title
Judicial Supremacy and the Constitution
Summary
The role of the United States Supreme Court has been deeply controversial throughout American history. Should the Court undertake the task of guarding a wide variety of controversial and often unenumerated rights? Or should it confine itself to enforcing specific constitutional provisions, leaving other issues (even those of rights) to the democratic process? That Eminent Tribunal brings together a distinguished group of legal scholars and political scientists who argue that the Court's power has exceeded its appropriate bounds, and that sound republican principles require greater limits on that power. They reach this conclusion by an interesting variety of paths, and despite varied political convictions. Some of the essays debate the explicit claims to constitutional authority laid out by the Supreme Court itself in Planned Parenthood v. Casey and similar cases, and others focus on the defenses of judicial authority found commonly in legal scholarship (e.g., the allegedly superior moral reasoning of judges, or judges' supposed track record of superior political decision making). The authors find these arguments wanting and contend that the principles of republicanism and the contemporary form of judicial review exercised by the Supreme Court are fundamentally incompatible. The contributors include Hadley Arkes, Gerard V. Bradley, George Liebmann, Michael McConnell, Robert F. Nagel, Jack Wade Nowlin, Steven D. Smith, Jeremy Waldron, Keith E. Whittington, Christopher Wolfe, and Michael P. Zuckert
Target audience
adult
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Subject
- Political science -- American Government -- Judicial Branch
- Droit créé par le juge -- États-Unis
- Electronic books
- Law -- Legal Services
- Judicial power -- United States
- Judge-made law -- United States
- Law -- Civil Procedure
- Political science -- Government -- Judicial Branch
- Constitutional law -- United States
- Droit constitutionnel -- États-Unis
- Pouvoir judiciaire -- États-Unis
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- Contributor1
- Subject11
- Political science -- American Government -- Judicial Branch
- Droit créé par le juge -- États-Unis
- Electronic books
- Law -- Legal Services
- Judicial power -- United States
- Judge-made law -- United States
- Law -- Civil Procedure
- Political science -- Government -- Judicial Branch
- Constitutional law -- United States
- Droit constitutionnel -- États-Unis
- Pouvoir judiciaire -- États-Unis
- Content1