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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790866703321

Autore

Karlan Pamela S

Titolo

A constitution for all times / / Pamela S. Karlan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-262-31836-9

0-262-31835-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 pages)

Collana

A Boston review book

Disciplina

342.73

Soggetti

Constitutional law - United States

Political questions and judicial power

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

In the beginning -- Founding firearms -- Why interpretive methods matter -- What do we mean by judicial activism? -- The unhealthy activism of the Roberts Court -- The long shadow Bush v. Gore -- The wages of Watergate -- Me, Inc. -- Votes behind bars -- Gideon's muted trumpet -- The cost of death -- What's a right without a remedy? -- When the umpire throws the pitches -- Empty benches -- Sometimes an amendment is just an amendment -- It takes two -- The constitution without the court.