The myth of judicial activism [electronic resource] : making sense of Supreme Court decisions / Kermit Roosevelt III.

By: Roosevelt, Kermit, 1971-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006Description: viii, 262 pSubject(s): United States. Supreme Court | Political questions and judicial power -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 347.73/26 LOC classification: KF8742 | .R65 2006Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The plain meaning of the constitution : the fallacy of direct enforcement -- The model : what doctrine is for -- From activism to legitimacy -- Equal protection, criminal procedure, executive detention -- Gay rights : Romer, Lawrence, and Goodridge -- Abortion : Roe and Casey -- Takings : Kelo v. City of New London -- The establishment clause -- The death penalty : Roper and Atkins -- The First Amendment : campaign finance reform -- Refusing to defer -- Reviled decisions -- Branches behaving badly : whom do you trust?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.

The plain meaning of the constitution : the fallacy of direct enforcement -- The model : what doctrine is for -- From activism to legitimacy -- Equal protection, criminal procedure, executive detention -- Gay rights : Romer, Lawrence, and Goodridge -- Abortion : Roe and Casey -- Takings : Kelo v. City of New London -- The establishment clause -- The death penalty : Roper and Atkins -- The First Amendment : campaign finance reform -- Refusing to defer -- Reviled decisions -- Branches behaving badly : whom do you trust?

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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