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A citizen's guide to the Constitution and the Supreme Court : constitutional conflict in American politics / Morgan Marietta.

Van Pelt Library KF4550.Z9 M275 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Marietta, Morgan.
Series:
Citizen guides to politics and public affairs
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Constitutional law--United States.
Constitutional law.
United States.
Judicial review--United States.
Judicial review.
United States. Supreme Court.
Physical Description:
xii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Routledge, 2014.
Contents:
Introduction : the constitution and Bong Hits for Jjesus
The core disagreement : how should we read the Constitution?
Judicial review : is it legitimate and expansive, or questionable and limited?
Rights : are they individual or collective?
Federalism : must we have one national standard?
Liberty : does the Constitution invoke ordered liberty or pure liberty?
Religion : is the constitution a religious or secular document?
Transcendence : do transcendent principles exist in the Constitution?
Social facts : should the Court move ahead of society or wait for social change?
Precedent : should we follow or break from the history of the Court?
Completeness : what else do we need to read?
Textualism
Common law constitutionalism
Originalism
Living constitutionalism
Comparing schools of interpretation
Points of conflict & schools of thought in a landmark case : Roe v. Wade
Contemporary landmark cases : from Phelps to Obamacare
Conclusion : reading the Constitution for ourselves.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780415843799
0415843790
9780415843812
0415843812
OCLC:
825648181

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