Partisan supremacy : how the GOP enlisted courts to rig America's election rules /

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"With the Supreme Court now firmly in the hands of the conservatives, the fog of judicial politics hangs over every decision. In this timely study, Terri Peretti examines Republican influence in judicial decisions, looking particularly at the increasing number of cases concerning elections and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peretti, Terri Jennings, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
Temas:
United States. > Supreme Court.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
États-Unis. > Supreme Court.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Judicial process > United States.
Voter registration > United States.
Apportionment (Election law) > United States.
Partisanship > Political aspects > United States.
Campaign funds > Law and legislation > United States.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
Processus judiciaire > États-Unis.
Répartition des sièges > États-Unis.
Apportionment (Election law)
Campaign funds > Law and legislation.
Judicial process.
Political questions and judicial power.
Politics and government.
Voter registration.
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"With the Supreme Court now firmly in the hands of the conservatives, the fog of judicial politics hangs over every decision. In this timely study, Terri Peretti examines Republican influence in judicial decisions, looking particularly at the increasing number of cases concerning elections and voting. Peretti focuses individual chapters around the Voting Rights Act (Shelby County v. Holder), voter identification litigation (Crawford v. Marion County Election Board), redistricting (gerrymandering), and cases pertaining to campaign finance, including Citizens United, McCutcheon, and Janus. The book's title references a famous conversation between President Grover Cleveland and a fellow Democrat, Congressman Timothy Campbell. In response to Cleveland's reluctance to support a bill because of its doubtful constitutionality, the congressman quipped 'What's the Constitution between friends?' This suggestion of inter-branch partisan collusion in constitutional decision making violates core normative beliefs about courts. We expect that judges can rise above the partisan fray and, particularly when the stakes for democracy are so high, will neutrally police the election process. Challenges to these expectations deserve close scrutiny and have prompted this book's chief aim: to test whether judges act as friendly partisans or as neutral arbiters when deciding election law cases"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-336) and index.
ISBN:9780700630202
0700630201

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