The U.S. Supreme Court and the Electoral Process: Second Edition Revised and Upd Edition Contributor(s): Ryden, David K. (Editor), Epstein, Lee (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 087840886X ISBN-13: 9780878408863 Publisher: Georgetown University Press OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2002 Annotation: This revised edition of the first over-all consideration of the role of the court in the electoral process is provocative and eye opening. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional - Political Science | American Government - National |
Dewey: 342.730 |
LCCN: 2002019496 |
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.2" W x 9.62" (1.15 lbs) 368 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The U.S. Supreme Court--at least until Bush v. Gore--had seemed to float along in an apolitical haze in the mind of the electorate. It was the executive branch and the legislative branch that mucked about in politics getting dirty, the judicial branch kept its robes--and nose--clean. The U.S. Supreme Court and the Electoral Process makes it abundantly clear however that before, during, and after the judicial decision that made George W. Bush the President of the United States, everything was, is, and will likely be, politics-including the decisions handed down by the highest court in the land. This revised and updated edition takes into account not only the recent famous (or infamous, depending on the reader's point of view) judicial decision on the Presidency, but a myriad of others as well in which the U.S. Supreme Court has considered the constitutionality of a wide range of issues involving voting and elections, representation, and political participation. Practitioners and academics in both law and political science examine a number of court actions that directly affect how we choose those who govern us, and how those decisions have affected our electoral politics, constitutional doctrine, and the fundamental concepts of democracy, including: racial redistricting, term limits, political patronage, campaign finance regulations, third-party ballot access, and state ballot initiatives limiting civil liberties. Of the first edition, CHOICE said, The U.S. Supreme Court and the Electoral Process "plumbs the Supreme Court's constitutive apolitical role as 'primary shaper of the electoral system' and reveals the pervasive involvement of the Court in the political process." |