03266nam 2200493 450 991081521460332120230808200325.00-8122-9372-X10.9783/9780812293722(CKB)3710000000929493(MiAaPQ)EBC4707583(DE-B1597)480847(OCoLC)984688327(DE-B1597)9780812293722(Au-PeEL)EBL4707583(CaPaEBR)ebr11293270(OCoLC)962153884(EXLCZ)99371000000092949320161109h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAmerican justice 2016 the political Supreme Court /Lincoln CaplanPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :University of Pennsylvania Press,2016.©20161 online resource (98 pages)0-8122-4890-2 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Immigration Case -- 2. A Political Institution -- 3. Law and Politics -- 4. October Term 2015 -- 5. The Death Penalty -- 6. Citizens and the Court -- Appendix: Biographies of Current Justices of the Supreme Court -- AcknowledgmentsWhen the Democrat-appointed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg criticized Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, she triggered concerns about judicial ethics. But the political concerns were even more serious. The Supreme Court is supposed to be what Alexander Hamilton called "the least dangerous" branch of government, because it is the least political. Justices have lifetime appointments to ensure their "complete independence" when deciding cases and controversies. But in the Roberts Court's most contested and important rulings, it has divided along partisan lines for the first time in American history: Republican presidents appointed the conservatives, Democrats appointed the liberals. Justice Ginsburg's criticisms suggested that partisan politics drive the Court's most profound disagreements. Well-respected political science supports that view. Has this partisan turn made the Court less independent and less trustworthy than the nation requires? The term ending in 2016 included more decisions and developments in almost fifty years for analyzing this question. Among them were major cases about abortion rights, the death penalty, immigration, and other wedge issues, as well as the death of Justice Antonin G. Scalia, leaving the Court evenly divided between conservatives and liberals. Legal journalist Lincoln Caplan dissects the recent term, puts it in historical context, and recommends ways to strengthen trust in the Supreme Court as the pinnacle of the American constitutional system.Judicial processUnited StatesHistory21st centuryUnited StatesfastJudicial processHistory347.7326Caplan Lincoln726249Caplan Lincoln, edthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815214603321American justice 20164003719UNINA