Superintending democracy : the courts and the political process / edited by Christopher P. Banks and John C. Green.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Banks, Christopher P.

Green, John Clifford, 1953-

Series:

Series on law, politics, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court.

United States.

Political questions and judicial power--United States.

Political questions and judicial power.

Election law--United States.

Election law.

Campaign funds--Law and legislation--United States.

Campaign funds.

Campaign funds--Law and legislation.

Law--Political aspects.

Law.

Physical Description:

xii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, 2001.

Contents:

1. Superintending Democracy: Introduction / Christopher P. Banks, John C. Green 1

Part I Superintending Political Resources

2. The United States Supreme Court's Response to American Political Corruption: The Failure of Constitutional Law or the Success of Republican Liberty? / Christopher P. Banks 13

3. A Legal Strategy for Challenging Buckley v. Valeo / John C. Bonifaz, Gregory G. Luke, Brenda Wright 51

4. Dollars and Sense: In Praise of Buckley v. Valeo / Joel M. Gora 83

5. The Role of Disclosure in Campaign Finance Reform / Trevor Potter 106

6. Splitting the Difference: The Supreme Court's Search for the Middle Ground in Racial Gerrymandering Cases / Barbara Perry 133

Part II Superintending Political Actors

7. The Right to Party: The United States Supreme Court and Contemporary Political Parties / John C. Green 149

8. The United States Supreme Court as an Obstacle to Political Reform: The Weak Constitutional Justification for the Two-Party System / David K. Ryden 163

9. Ironies Abound in the United States Supreme Court's Rulings Limiting Political Patronage / David M. O'Brien 187

10. Whitewater, Iran-Contra, and the Limits of the Law / Katy J. Harriger 201

11. The Influence of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund on the United States Supreme Court's Decision Making in Minority Voting Rights Law / Steven C. Tauber 219

12. "A December Storm over the U.S. Supreme Court": Bush v. Gore and Superintending Democracy / Christopher P. Banks 237

Buckley v. Valeo (1976) 265

Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party (1997) 276

Elrod v. Burns (1976) 282

Shaw v. Reno I (1993) 287

Bush v. Gore (2000) 294.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-379) and indexes.

ISBN:

1884836720

OCLC:

45820977