02843nam 22006494a 450 991100489150332120251117002755.097866119052799781281905277128190527597819339953041933995300(CKB)1000000000689495(EBL)686298(OCoLC)318575312(SSID)ssj0000293453(PQKBManifestationID)11277969(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293453(PQKBWorkID)10302473(PQKB)11012645(MiAaPQ)EBC336357(Au-PeEL)EBL336357(CaPaEBR)ebr10379724(CaONFJC)MIL190527(Perlego)532563(MiAaPQ)EBC686298(Au-PeEL)EBL686298(EXLCZ)99100000000068949520070209d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDavid's hammer the case for an activist judiciary /Clint Bolick1st ed.Washington, D.C. Cato Institutec20071 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781933995038 1933995033 9781933995021 1933995025 Includes bibliographical references and index.Mrs. Swedenburg goes to court -- Judicial activism: everybody's favorite bogeyman -- The origins and importance of judicial review -- Judicial activism: the bad and the good -- The Rehnquist Court : a judicial counterrevolution fizzles out -- Model justice -- Economic liberty -- Private property rights -- School choice -- State constitutions : the beckoning frontier -- An activist judiciary, for all the right reasons.Judicial activism is condemned by both right and left, for good reason-lawless courts are a threat to republican government. But challenging conventional wisdom, constitutional litigator Clint Bolick argues in David's Hammer: The Case for an Activist Judiciary that far worse is a judiciary that allows the other branches of government to run roughshod over precious liberties. For better or worse, only a vigorous judiciary can enforce the limits on executive and legislative action, protect constitution-al rights, and tame unelected bureaucrats. David's Hammer reclaims for the judiciary its intenPolitical questions and judicial powerUnited StatesPolitical questions and judicial power347.73/1Bolick Clint1668320MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911004891503321David's hammer4388077UNINA