We dissent talking back to the Rehnquist court : eight cases that subverted civil liberties and civil rights /

We dissent talking back to the Rehnquist court : eight cases that subverted civil liberties and civil rights / [electronic resource] : edited by Michael Avery. - New York : New York University Press, c2009. - viii, 237 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Alden v. Maine : sovereign immunity -- a vestige of monarchy inconsistent with democratic values / Erwin Chemerinsky -- Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. Forbes : betraying freedom of political expression and undermining democracy / Jamin Raskin -- Cuyahoga Falls v. Buckeye : the Supreme Court's "intent doctrine" - undermining viable discrimination claims and remedies for people of color / Eva Paterson and Susan Kiyomi Serrano -- United States v. Whren : The Fourth Amendment problem with pretextual traffic stops / Tracey Maclin -- County Of Sacramento v. Lewis : protecting life and liberty under the Constitution - reckless indifference to life does not shock the conscience of the Supreme Court / Michael Avery -- Chavez v. Martinez : the court fails to hold that interrogation by means of torture is unconstitutional / Marjorie Cohn -- Saucier v. Katz : qualified immunity as a doctrine of dilution of constitutional rights / David Rudovsky -- Strickland v. Washington : gutting Gideon and providing cover for incompetent counsel / Abbe Smith.


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Rehnquist, William H., 1924-2005.


United States. Supreme Court.


Civil rights--United States--Cases.


Electronic books.

KF4749.A2 / W4 2009

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