Supremely partisan : how raw politics tips the scales in the United States Supreme Court / James D. Zirin.
2016
KF8748 .Z57 2016 (Mapit)
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Author
Title
Supremely partisan : how raw politics tips the scales in the United States Supreme Court / James D. Zirin.
Imprint
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Description
xii, 299 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
What the Supreme Court Is Supposed (and Not Supposed) to Do
Identity Politics and the Partisan Court
Religion and the Partisan Court
Two of the Eighty-Nine WASP Male Justices : Marshall and Holmes. John Marshall : Elaborating the Rule of Law
Oliver Wendell Holmes : Elaborating the Rules for Free Speech
Campaign Finance and Deregulation : Speech Unknown to Marshall and Holmes
The Catholic Seat
The Jewish Seat : Tradition, Tradition!
And Goldberg Begat Fortas : End of the Jewish Seat
The Supreme Court Tackles the Middle East : Is Jerusalem Part of Israel?
The Female Seat and Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Black Seat : Finding The "Best Qualified". Thomas and Natural Law
Thomas and the Voting Rights Act
Thomas and Affirmative Action
Antonin Scalia (1936-2016) : "More Catholic Than the Pope"
Sonia Sotomayor : The Wise Latina Woman and Identity Politics
Hobby Lobby : Religious Freedom v. Reproductive Rights
The Obamacare Cases : The Chief Rides to the Rescue
Gay Marriage : "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
Capital Punishment : Death Is Different.
Identity Politics and the Partisan Court
Religion and the Partisan Court
Two of the Eighty-Nine WASP Male Justices : Marshall and Holmes. John Marshall : Elaborating the Rule of Law
Oliver Wendell Holmes : Elaborating the Rules for Free Speech
Campaign Finance and Deregulation : Speech Unknown to Marshall and Holmes
The Catholic Seat
The Jewish Seat : Tradition, Tradition!
And Goldberg Begat Fortas : End of the Jewish Seat
The Supreme Court Tackles the Middle East : Is Jerusalem Part of Israel?
The Female Seat and Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Black Seat : Finding The "Best Qualified". Thomas and Natural Law
Thomas and the Voting Rights Act
Thomas and Affirmative Action
Antonin Scalia (1936-2016) : "More Catholic Than the Pope"
Sonia Sotomayor : The Wise Latina Woman and Identity Politics
Hobby Lobby : Religious Freedom v. Reproductive Rights
The Obamacare Cases : The Chief Rides to the Rescue
Gay Marriage : "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
Capital Punishment : Death Is Different.
Summary
"On the eve of a presidential election that may determine the makeup of Supreme Court justices for decades to come, prominent attorney James D. Zirin argues that the Court has become increasingly partisan, rapidly making policy choices right and left on bases that have nothing to do with law or the Constitution. Zirin explains how we arrived at the present situation and looks at the current divide through its leading partisans: Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor on the left and Clarence Thomas and the late Antonin Scalia on the right. He also examines four of the Court's most controversial recent decisions: Hobby Lobby, Obamacare, gay marriage, and capital punishment, arguing that these politicized decisions threaten to undermine public confidence in the Supreme Court"--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Zirin, James D. Supremely partisan. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016
Call Number
KF8748 .Z57 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781442266360 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1442266368 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781442266377 (ebook)
1442266376 (ebook)
1442266368 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781442266377 (ebook)
1442266376 (ebook)
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