LEADER 05172nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910809906603321 005 20230121002154.0 010 $a1-4008-2297-1 010 $a9786612457838 010 $a1-282-45783-7 010 $a1-4008-1370-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400822973 035 $a(CKB)111056486498178 035 $a(EBL)537713 035 $a(OCoLC)700687011 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000255251 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11209352 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255251 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10212830 035 $a(PQKB)10830987 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000429314 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12109605 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000429314 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10429789 035 $a(PQKB)11201410 035 $a(OCoLC)614695159 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42996 035 $a(DE-B1597)453525 035 $a(OCoLC)979881344 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400822973 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL537713 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10031939 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL245783 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC537713 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486498178 100 $a19980601d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTaking the Constitution away from the courts /$fMark Tushnet 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-07035-0 311 $a0-691-00415-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-235) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tPrologue --$tCHAPTER ONE. Against Judicial Supremacy --$tCHAPTER TWO. Doing Constitutional Law Outside the Courts --$tCHAPTER THREE. The Question of Capability --$tCHAPTER FOUR. The Constitutional Law of Religion Outside the Courts --$tCHAPTER FIVE. The Incentive-Compatible Constitution --$tCHAPTER SIX. Assessing Judicial Review --$tCHAPTER SEVEN. Against Judicial Review --$tCHAPTER EIGHT. Populist Constitutional Law --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aHere a leading scholar in constitutional law, Mark Tushnet, challenges hallowed American traditions of judicial review and judicial supremacy, which allow U.S. judges to invalidate "unconstitutional" governmental actions. Many people, particularly liberals, have "warm and fuzzy" feelings about judicial review. They are nervous about what might happen to unprotected constitutional provisions in the chaotic worlds of practical politics and everyday life. By examining a wide range of situations involving constitutional rights, Tushnet vigorously encourages us all to take responsibility for protecting our liberties. Guarding them is not the preserve of judges, he maintains, but a commitment of the citizenry to define itself as "We the People of the United States." The Constitution belongs to us collectively, as we act in political dialogue with each other--whether in the street, in the voting booth, or in the legislature as representatives of others. Tushnet urges that we create a "populist" constitutional law in which judicial declarations deserve no special consideration. But he warns that in so doing we must pursue reasonable interpretations of the "thin Constitution"--the fundamental American principles embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble to the Constitution. A populist Constitution, he maintains, will be more effective than a document exclusively protected by the courts. Tushnet believes, for example, that the serious problems of the communist scare of the 1950's were aggravated when Senator Joseph McCarthy's opponents were lulled into inaction, believing that the judicial branch would step in and declare McCarthy's actions unconstitutional. Instead of fulfilling the expectations, the Court allowed McCarthy to continue his crusade until it was ended. Tushnet points out that in this context and in many others, errors occurred because of the existence of judicial review: neither the People nor their representatives felt empowered to enforce the Constitution because they mistakenly counted on the courts to do so. Tushnet's clarion call for a new kind of constitutional law will be essential reading for constitutional law experts, political scientists, and others interested in how and if the freedoms of the American Republic can survive into the twenty-first century. 606 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States 606 $aJudicial review$zUnited States 606 $aLegislative power$zUnited States 606 $aPolitics, Practical$zUnited States 615 0$aConstitutional law 615 0$aJudicial review 615 0$aLegislative power 615 0$aPolitics, Practical 676 $a342.73/02 686 $aPL 733$2rvk 700 $aTushnet$b Mark$f1945-$0262598 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809906603321 996 $aTaking the Constitution away from the courts$94004854 997 $aUNINA