Great Cases in Constitutional LawRobert P. George Princeton University Press, 2000 M03 19 - 206 páginas Slavery, segregation, abortion, workers' rights, the power of the courts. These issues have been at the heart of the greatest constitutional controversies in American history. And in this concise and thought-provoking volume, some of today's most distinguished legal scholars and commentators explain for a general audience how five landmark Supreme Court cases centered on those controversies shaped the country's destiny and continue to affect us even now. The book is a profound exploration of the Supreme Court's importance to America's social and political life. It is also, as many of the contributors show, an intriguing reflection of what some have seen as an important trend in legal scholarship away from an uncritical belief in the essentially benign nature of judicial power. |
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... judges , who inferred its existence from the fact that the Constitution of the United States is , by its own terms , law— indeed , the supreme law of the land and , as Chief Justice John Marshall argued in his opinion for the Supreme ...
... judges a potentially awesome form of what can only be de- scribed as political power . Interpretations of the Constitution by judges , however controversial , can effectively deprive the people and their elected representatives of the ...
... judges , de- fenders saw , and see , the justices functioning as guardians of con- stitutional ideals against the depredations of legislative majorities . Commonly these days people think of " judicial restraint " as in principle a ...
... judges who had been appointed in the clos- ing hours of John Adams's administration . Jefferson , of course , preferred to see the commissions remain undelivered so that Adams's " midnight appointments " would never be given effect ...
... judges in our constitutional demo- cratic republic ? For several decades after Marbury , the Supreme Court exercised its power of judicial review sparingly . Although the Court struck down a number of state laws , it did not invalidate ...
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