America's Lone Star constitution : how Supreme Court cases from Texas shape the nation / Lucas A. Powe, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powe, L. A. Scot, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Texas--History.

Law.

Law--Political aspects--Texas--Cases.

Law--Political aspects--United States--Cases.

Law--Political aspects.

History.

United States.

Texas.

Physical Description:

ix, 310 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Texas has created more constitutional law than any other state. In any classroom nationwide, any basic constitutional law course can be taught using nothing but Texas cases. That, however, understates the history and politics behind the cases. Beyond representing all doctrinal areas of constitutional law, Texas cases deal with the major issues of the nation. Leading legal scholar and Supreme Court historian Lucas A. Powe, Jr. charts the rich and pervasive development of Texas-inspired constitutional law. From voting rights to railroad regulations, or school finance to capital punishment, poverty to civil liberties, this wide-ranging and eminently readable book provides a window into the relationship between constitutional litigation and ordinary politics at the Supreme Court, illuminating how all of the fiercest national divides over what the Constitution means took shape in Texas"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The all-white primary

After the Voting Rights Act

From discrimination to affirmative action

Railroads

Oil

School finance

Immigration

Freedom of speech and the press

Freedom of and from religion

Abortion

Prosecuting consensual adult sex

Capital punishment

Tom DeLay's mid-decade redistricting.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Powe, L.A. Scot. America's Lone Star constitution.

ISBN:

9780520297807

0520297806

9780520297814

0520297814

OCLC:

1015279674