LEADER 03266nam 2200493 450 001 9910815214603321 005 20230808200325.0 010 $a0-8122-9372-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812293722 035 $a(CKB)3710000000929493 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4707583 035 $a(DE-B1597)480847 035 $a(OCoLC)984688327 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812293722 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4707583 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11293270 035 $a(OCoLC)962153884 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000929493 100 $a20161109h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmerican justice 2016 $ethe political Supreme Court /$fLincoln Caplan 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (98 pages) 311 $a0-8122-4890-2 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. The Immigration Case -- $t2. A Political Institution -- $t3. Law and Politics -- $t4. October Term 2015 -- $t5. The Death Penalty -- $t6. Citizens and the Court -- $tAppendix: Biographies of Current Justices of the Supreme Court -- $tAcknowledgments 330 $aWhen 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. 606 $aJudicial process$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$2fast 615 0$aJudicial process$xHistory 676 $a347.7326 700 $aCaplan$b Lincoln$0726249 702 $aCaplan$b Lincoln, $4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815214603321 996 $aAmerican justice 2016$94003719 997 $aUNINA