Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme CourtPenguin Publishing Group, 2005 M05 3 - 608 páginas When Closed Chambers was first published, it was met with a firestorm of controversy—as well as a shower of praise—for being the first book to break the code of silence about the inner workings of this country’s most powerful court. In this eloquent, trailblazing account, with a new chapter covering Bush v. Gore, Guantanamo, and other recent controversial court decisions, Edward Lazarus, who served as a clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun, presents a searing indictment of a court at war with itself and often in neglect of its constitutional duties. Combining memoir, history, and legal analysis, Lazarus reveals in astonishing detail the realities of what takes place behind the closed doors of the U.S. Supreme Court—an institution that through its rulings holds the power to affect the life of every American. |
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Página 260
... overrule Runyon v . McCrary . " That was non- sense , Rehnquist assured . In revisiting a controversial precedent ... overruling it . More broadly , they saw Pat- terson as only the beginning of an extended post - Powellian nightmare ...
... overrule Runyon v . McCrary . " That was non- sense , Rehnquist assured . In revisiting a controversial precedent ... overruling it . More broadly , they saw Pat- terson as only the beginning of an extended post - Powellian nightmare ...
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... overruling a prior opinion . Had that opinion become " unworkable " ? Would overruling the prece- dent create a " special hardship " for those who had relied on it ? Had the factual understandings justifying the precedent so changed or ...
... overruling a prior opinion . Had that opinion become " unworkable " ? Would overruling the prece- dent create a " special hardship " for those who had relied on it ? Had the factual understandings justifying the precedent so changed or ...
Página 479
... overruling Roe " under fire " in order to preserve the Court's legitimacy . “ I cannot agree with , indeed I am appalled by , the Court's suggestion that the decision whether to stand by an erroneous decision must be strongly influenced ...
... overruling Roe " under fire " in order to preserve the Court's legitimacy . “ I cannot agree with , indeed I am appalled by , the Court's suggestion that the decision whether to stand by an erroneous decision must be strongly influenced ...
Contenido
Authors Note | 3 |
A Clerks Eye View | 17 |
The Grand Canyon | 47 |
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Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court Edward Lazarus Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court Edward Lazarus Vista de fragmentos - 1999 |
Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside ... Edward Lazarus Vista de fragmentos - 1998 |
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