Repugnant laws : judicial review of acts of Congress from the founding to the present /

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"When the Supreme Court strikes down favored legislation, politicians cry judicial activism. When the law is one politicians oppose, the court is heroically righting a wrong. In our polarized moment of partisan fervor, the Supreme Court's routine work of judicial review is increasingly vie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Whittington, Keith E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Series:Constitutional thinking.
Subjects:
USA > Congress
USA > Supreme Court
Constitutional history > United States.
Judicial review > United States > History.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
Contrôle juridictionnel des lois > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Constitutions.
Constitutional history.
Judicial review.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Politics of Judicial Review
  • The Road to Judicial Review
  • Exercising Judicial Review before Civil War
  • Review of Congress during the Civil War and Reconstruction
  • Congress and the Lochner Court
  • The Constitutional Revolution
  • Congress and the Conservative Court.
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Identifying cases of judicial review.

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