The myth of judicial activism making sense of Supreme Court decisions /
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| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
c2006.
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Table of Contents:
- The plain meaning of the constitution : the fallacy of direct enforcement
- The model : what doctrine is for
- From activism to legitimacy
- Equal protection, criminal procedure, executive detention
- Gay rights : Romer, Lawrence, and Goodridge
- Abortion : Roe and Casey
- Takings : Kelo v. City of New London
- The establishment clause
- The death penalty : Roper and Atkins
- The First Amendment : campaign finance reform
- Refusing to defer
- Reviled decisions
- Branches behaving badly : whom do you trust?