03431nam 22005534a 450 991045219940332120200520144314.01-281-73036-X97866117303690-300-12956-4(CKB)1000000000472027(StDuBDS)AH23049599(SSID)ssj0000207643(PQKBManifestationID)11180073(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000207643(PQKBWorkID)10238168(PQKB)10259739(MiAaPQ)EBC3419990(Au-PeEL)EBL3419990(CaPaEBR)ebr10170016(CaONFJC)MIL173036(OCoLC)923589660(EXLCZ)99100000000047202720060418d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe myth of judicial activism[electronic resource] making sense of Supreme Court decisions /Kermit Roosevelt IIINew Haven Yale University Pressc20061 online resource (272 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-11468-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.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?This carefully considered book is a welcome addition to the debate over judicial activism. Constitutional scholar Kermit Roosevelt III offers an elegantly simple way to resolve the heated discord between conservatives, who argue that the Constitution is immutable, and progressives, who insist that it is a living document that must be reinterpreted in new cultural contexts so that its meaning evolves. Roosevelt uses plain language and compelling examples to explain how the Constitution can be both a constant and an organic document. Recent years have witnessed an increasing drumbeat of complaints about judicial behavior, focusing particularly on Supreme Court decisions that critics charge are reflections of the Justices political preferences rather than enforcement of the Constitution. The author takes a balanced look at these controversial decisions through a compelling new lens of constitutional interpretation. He clarifies the task of the Supreme Court in constitutional cases, then sets out a model to describe how the Court creates doctrine to implement the meaning of the Constitution. Finally, Roosevelt uses this model to show which decisions can be justified as legitimate and which cannot.Political questions and judicial powerUnited StatesElectronic books.Political questions and judicial power347.73/26Roosevelt Kermit1971-966251MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452199403321The myth of judicial activism2192963UNINA