Reconsidering Judicial Finality : Why the Supreme Court Is Not the Last Word on the Constitution /

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Federal judges, legal scholars, pundits, and reporters frequently describe the Supreme Court as the final word on the meaning of the Constitution. The historical record presents an entirely different picture. A close and revealing reading of that record, from 1789 to the present day, Reconsidering J...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fisher, Louis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court.
Political questions and judicial power.
Judicial power.
Constitutional law.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Judicial Branch.
Pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
Constitutional law > United States.
Judicial power > United States.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early claims of judicial finality
  • Selections by Chief Justice Hughes
  • Rights of blacks
  • Rights of women
  • Regulating commerce
  • The sole-organ doctrine
  • Privacy rights
  • Religious liberty
  • Japanese-American cases
  • State secrets privilege
  • Legislative vetoes
  • Campaign finance.

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