Partisan supremacy : how the GOP enlisted courts to rig America's election rules / Terri Jennings Peretti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peretti, Terri Jennings, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political questions and judicial power--United States.

Political questions and judicial power.

Judicial process--United States.

Judicial process.

Voter registration--United States.

Voter registration.

Apportionment (Election law)--United States.

Apportionment (Election law).

Partisanship--Political aspects--United States.

Partisanship.

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

Campaign funds.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

United States. Supreme Court.

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]

Summary:

"With the Supreme Court now firmly in the hands of the conservatives, the fog of judicial politics hangs over every decision. In this timely study, Terri Peretti examines Republican influence in judicial decisions, looking particularly at the increasing number of cases concerning elections and voting. Peretti focuses individual chapters around the Voting Rights Act (Shelby County v. Holder), voter identification litigation (Crawford v. Marion County Election Board), redistricting (gerrymandering), and cases pertaining to campaign finance, including Citizens United, McCutcheon, and Janus. The book's title references a famous conversation between President Grover Cleveland and a fellow Democrat, Congressman Timothy Campbell. In response to Cleveland's reluctance to support a bill because of its doubtful constitutionality, the congressman quipped "What's the Constitution between friends?" This suggestion of inter-branch partisan collusion in constitutional decision making violates core normative beliefs about courts. We expect that judges can rise above the partisan fray and, particularly when the stakes for democracy are so high, will neutrally police the election process. Challenges to these expectations deserve close scrutiny and have prompted this book's chief aim: to test whether judges act as friendly partisans or as neutral arbiters when deciding election law cases"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Understanding judicial partisanship

Courts, parties, and the Voting Rights Act

Courts, parties, and voter identification

Courts, parties, and redistricting

Courts, parties, and campaign finance.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-336) and index.

ISBN:

0-7006-3020-1

OCLC:

1236367864