The nature of Supreme Court power / Matthew E.K. Hall.
2011
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The nature of Supreme Court power / Matthew E.K. Hall.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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1 online resource (xiii, 248 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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Neither force, nor will
When courts command:
Defining judicial power ; Competing theories of Supreme Court power ; Forming a new theory of Supreme Court power
Judging the court:
The problem of strategic court action ; Evaluating Supreme Court power ; Summary of hypotheses
Popular vertical issues: The Religious Freedom Restoration Act ; The Pentagon Papers case ; Summary: Popular vertical issues
Unpopular vertical issues:
Abortion ; Flag desecration ; Obscenity ; The exclusionary rule ; Miranda warnings ; Warrantless eavesdropping ; The right to counsel ; Capital punishment ; Free press in the courtroom ; Sovereign immunity ; The Gun-Free School Zones Act ; Summary: Unpopular vertical issues
Popular lateral issues:
Reapportionment ; Majority-minority congressional districts ; The legislative veto ; Public aid to religious schools ; Affirmative action in college admissions ; Student religious publications at public universities ; Minimum wage for state employees ; Bush v. Gore ; Summary: Popular lateral issues
Unpopular lateral issues:
School desegregation ; School prayer ; Censorship in public education ; Minority set-aside programs ; Congressional exclusion ; The Brady Bill ; Summary: Unpopular lateral issues
Neither the sword nor the purse, but the keys:
Persistent puzzles
The Supreme Court as a mechanism for social change ; Judicial review in the American political system
Appendix I. Case selection
Appendix II. Survey information and citations
Appendix III. Supporting data for figures
Appendix IV. Statistical analysis on the effects of the Pico ruling
Appendix V. Behavior conformity calculations
Appendix VI. Statistical analysis of behavior conformity
Appendix VII. The effects of unanimity on behavior conformity.
When courts command:
Defining judicial power ; Competing theories of Supreme Court power ; Forming a new theory of Supreme Court power
Judging the court:
The problem of strategic court action ; Evaluating Supreme Court power ; Summary of hypotheses
Popular vertical issues: The Religious Freedom Restoration Act ; The Pentagon Papers case ; Summary: Popular vertical issues
Unpopular vertical issues:
Abortion ; Flag desecration ; Obscenity ; The exclusionary rule ; Miranda warnings ; Warrantless eavesdropping ; The right to counsel ; Capital punishment ; Free press in the courtroom ; Sovereign immunity ; The Gun-Free School Zones Act ; Summary: Unpopular vertical issues
Popular lateral issues:
Reapportionment ; Majority-minority congressional districts ; The legislative veto ; Public aid to religious schools ; Affirmative action in college admissions ; Student religious publications at public universities ; Minimum wage for state employees ; Bush v. Gore ; Summary: Popular lateral issues
Unpopular lateral issues:
School desegregation ; School prayer ; Censorship in public education ; Minority set-aside programs ; Congressional exclusion ; The Brady Bill ; Summary: Unpopular lateral issues
Neither the sword nor the purse, but the keys:
Persistent puzzles
The Supreme Court as a mechanism for social change ; Judicial review in the American political system
Appendix I. Case selection
Appendix II. Survey information and citations
Appendix III. Supporting data for figures
Appendix IV. Statistical analysis on the effects of the Pico ruling
Appendix V. Behavior conformity calculations
Appendix VI. Statistical analysis of behavior conformity
Appendix VII. The effects of unanimity on behavior conformity.
Summary
Few institutions in the world are credited with initiating and confounding political change on the scale of the United States Supreme Court. The Court is uniquely positioned to enhance or inhibit political reform, enshrine or dismantle social inequalities, and expand or suppress individual rights. Yet despite claims of victory from judicial activists and complaints of undemocratic lawmaking from the Court's critics, numerous studies of the Court assert that it wields little real power. This book examines the nature of Supreme Court power by identifying conditions under which the Court is successful at altering the behavior of state and private actors. Employing a series of longitudinal studies that use quantitative measures of behavior outcomes across a wide range of issue areas, it develops and supports a new theory of Supreme Court power.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
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9780511933943 ebook
9781107001435 (hardback)
9781107617827 (paperback)
9781107001435 (hardback)
9781107617827 (paperback)
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