The Supreme Court and election law : judging equality from Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore / Richard L. Hasen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasen, Richard L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court.

United States.

Election law--United States.

Election law.

Equality before the law--United States.

Equality before the law.

Political questions and judicial power--United States.

Political questions and judicial power.

Apportionment (Election law)--United States.

Apportionment (Election law).

Presidents--United States--Election--2000.

Presidents.

Law--Political aspects.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the first comprehensive study of election law since the Supreme Court decided Bush v. Gore , Richard L. Hasen rethinks the Court's role in regulating elections. Drawing on the case files of the Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist courts, Hasen roots the Court's intervention in political process cases to the landmark 1962 case, Baker v. Carr. The case opened the courts to a variety of election law disputes, to the point that the courts now control and direct major aspects of the American electoral process. The Supreme Court does have a crucial role to play in protecting a socially constructed "cor

Contents:

The Supreme Court of political equality

Judicial unmanageability and political equality

Protecting the core of political equality

Deferring to political branches on contested equality claims

Equality, not structure.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-220) and index.

ISBN:

9780814773338

0814773338

9780814744536

0814744532

9781417568567

1417568569

OCLC:

779828141