LEADER 02802nam 2200529 450 001 9910822149503321 005 20230808194111.0 010 $a1-4422-6637-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000745872 035 $a(EBL)4578342 035 $a(OCoLC)946255030 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16403909 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14961799 035 $a(PQKB)24906329 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4578342 035 $a(DLC) 2016016740 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000745872 100 $a20160801h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSupremely partisan $ehow raw politics tips the scales in the United States Supreme Court /$fJames D. Zirin ; foreword by Kermit Roosevelt 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d2016. 210 2$a[Place of distribution not identified] :$cNational Book Network,$d[date of distribution not identified] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4422-6636-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Foreword; Introduction; What the Supreme Court Is Supposed (and Not Supposed) to Do; Identity Politics and the Partisan Court; Religion and the Partisan Court; Two of the Eighty-Nine WASP Male Justices; The Catholic Seat; The Jewish Seat; And Goldberg Begat Fortas; The Supreme Court Tackles the Middle East; The Female Seat and Ruth Bader Ginsburg; The Black Seat; Antonin Scalia (1936-2016); Sonia Sotomayor; Hobby Lobby; The Obamacare Cases; Gay Marriage; Capital Punishment; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author 330 $aOn the eve of a presidential election that may determine the makeup of Supreme Court justices for decades to come, prominent attorney James D. Zirin argues that the Court has become increasingly partisan, rapidly making policy choices right and left on bases that have nothing to do with law or the Constitution. Zirin explains how we arrived at the present situation and looks at the current divide through its leading partisans, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor on the left and Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas on the right. He also examines four of the Court's most controversial 606 $aPolitical questions and judicial power$zUnited States 606 $aJudicial review$zUnited States 615 0$aPolitical questions and judicial power 615 0$aJudicial review 676 $a347.73/26 700 $aZirin$b James D.$01629247 702 $aRoosevelt$b Kermit 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822149503321 996 $aSupremely partisan$93966868 997 $aUNINA