Supreme myths : why the Supreme Court is not a court and its justices are not judges

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Supreme myths : why the Supreme Court is not a court and its justices are not judges

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why the Supreme Court is not a court and its justices are not judges

Statement of responsibility

Eric J. Segall

Language

eng

Summary

"Eric Segall, professor of law at Georgia State University College of Law for two decades, explains why this third branch of the national government is an institution that makes important judgments about fundamental questions based on the Justices' ideological preferences, not the law. A complete understanding of the true nature of the Court's decision-making process is necessary, he argues, before an intelligent debate over who should serve on the Court--and how they should resolve cases--can be held. Addressing front-page areas of constitutional law such as health care, abortion, affirmative action, gun control, and freedom of religion, this book offers a frank description of how the Supreme Court truly operates, a critique of life tenure of its Justices, and a set of proposals aimed at making the Court function more transparently to further the goals of our representative democracy"--Provided by publisher

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N$T

Dewey number

347.73/26

Index

index present

LC call number

KF8742

LC item number

.S434 2012eb

Literary form

non fiction

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dictionaries
bibliography

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