LEADER 05536nam 22006015 450 001 9910797715703321 005 20230808212750.0 010 $a0-8147-3243-7 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814732434 035 $a(CKB)3710000000529520 035 $a(EBL)4100877 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001580899 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16258113 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001580899 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14441114 035 $a(PQKB)10373653 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001533288 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4100877 035 $a(OCoLC)932385169 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse47604 035 $a(DE-B1597)548333 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814732434 035 $a(OCoLC)932063974 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000529520 100 $a20200723h20162016 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnfit for Democracy $eThe Roberts Court and the Breakdown of American Politics /$fStephen E. Gottlieb 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (394 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-8147-3242-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Legacies --$t2. In the Shadow of War --$t3. Export --$t4. Foreign Courts --$t5. Rules of Democracy --$t6. General Welfare --$t7. A Sense of We --$t8. Threat of Force --$t9. Breakdown by Court Order --$t10. Judicial Interpretation for Democracy --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aAsked if the country was governed by a republic or a monarchy, Benjamin Franklin replied, ?A republic, if you can keep it. ?Since its founding, Americans have worked hard to nurture and protect their hard-won democracy. And yet few consider the role of constitutional law in America?s survival. In Unfit for Democracy, Stephen Gottlieb argues that constitutional law without a focus on the future of democratic government is incoherent?illogical and contradictory. Approaching the decisions of the Roberts Court from political science, historical, comparative, and legal perspectives, Gottlieb highlights the dangers the court presents by neglecting to interpret the law with an eye towards preserving democracy. A senior scholar of constitutional law, Gottlieb brings a pioneering will to his theoretical and comparative criticism of the Roberts Court. The Roberts Court decisions are not examined in a vacuum but instead viewed in light of constitutional politics in India, South Africa, emerging Eastern European nations, and others. While constitutional decisions abroad have contributed to both the breakdown and strengthening of democratic politics, decisions in the Roberts Court have aggravated the potential destabilizing factors in democratic governments. Ultimately, Unfit for Democracy calls for an interpretation of the Constitution that takes the future of democracy seriously. Gottlieb warns that the Roberts Court?s decisions have hurt ordinary Americans economically, politically, and in the criminal process. They have damaged the historic American melting pot, increased the risk of anti-democratic paramilitaries, and clouded the democratic future. Asked if the country was governed by a republic or a monarchy, Benjamin Franklin replied, ?A republic, if you can keep it.?Since its founding, Americans have worked hard to nurture and protect their hard-won democracy. And yet few consider the role of constitutional law in America?s survival. In Unfit for Democracy, Stephen Gottlieb argues that constitutional law without a focus on the future of democratic government is incoherent?illogical and contradictory. Approaching the decisions of the Roberts Court from political science, historical, comparative, and legal perspectives, Gottlieb highlights the dangers the court presents by neglecting to interpret the law with an eye towards preserving democracy. A senior scholar of constitutional law, Gottlieb brings a pioneering will to his theoretical and comparative criticism of the Roberts Court. The Roberts Court decisions are not examined in a vacuum but instead viewed in light of constitutional politics in India, South Africa, emerging Eastern European nations, and others. While constitutional decisions abroad have contributed to both the breakdown and strengthening of democratic politics, decisions in the Roberts Court have aggravated the potential destabilizing factors in democratic governments. Ultimately, Unfit for Democracy calls for an interpretation of the Constitution that takes the future of democracy seriously. Gottlieb warns that the Roberts Court?s decisions have hurt ordinary Americans economically, politically, and in the criminal process. 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