LEADER 03431nam 22005534a 450 001 9910452199403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-73036-X 010 $a9786611730369 010 $a0-300-12956-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472027 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049599 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000207643 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180073 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000207643 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10238168 035 $a(PQKB)10259739 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419990 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419990 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170016 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL173036 035 $a(OCoLC)923589660 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472027 100 $a20060418d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe myth of judicial activism$b[electronic resource] $emaking sense of Supreme Court decisions /$fKermit Roosevelt III 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-11468-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index. 327 $aThe 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? 330 $bThis 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. 606 $aPolitical questions and judicial power$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical questions and judicial power 676 $a347.73/26 700 $aRoosevelt$b Kermit$f1971-$0966251 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452199403321 996 $aThe myth of judicial activism$92192963 997 $aUNINA