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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783263503321

Autore

Hasen Richard L

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8147-7333-8

0-8147-4453-2

1-4175-6856-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

342.73/07

Soggetti

Election law - United States

Equality before the law - United States

Political questions and judicial power - United States

Apportionment (Election law) - United States

Presidents - United States - Election - 2000

Law - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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