Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court Versus the American People

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Psychology Press, 2004 - 312 σελίδες
The Supreme Court has recently issued decisions announcing that citizens have neither a constitutional right to vote, nor the right to an education. Conservative judges have continually disavowed claims to any rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution. In "Overruling Democracy, " celebrated law professor Jamin B. Raskin, argues that we need to develop a whole new set of rights, through amendments or court decisions, that revitalize and protect the democracy of everyday life. Detailing specific cases through interesting narratives, "Overruling Democracy" describes the transgressions of the Supreme Court against the Constitution and the people - and the faulty reasoning behind them -- and lays out the plan for the best way to back a more democratic system.
 

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The Supreme Court and Americas Democracy Deficit
1
The Court Supreme Bush v Gore and the Judicial Assault on Democracy
11
Reading Democracy Out The Citizen Has No Right to Vote and the Majority Doesnt Rule
31
Unequal Protection The Supreme Court s Racial Double Standard in Redistricting
69
Americas Signature Exclusion How Democracy Is Made Safe for the TwoParty System
91
Arrogant Orwellian Bureaucrats How Americas ElectoralIndustrial Complex Controls Our Political Debates and Gerrymanders Your Mind
117
Schooling for Democracy
143
Democracy and the Corporation
171
Unflagging Patriotism The People the Flag and the Constitution
199
Democracy Rising Overruling the Court Rerighting America
223
Notes
243
Index
279
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Jamin B. Raskin is Professor of Law at American University in Washington D.C. His articles have appeared in Slate, The Washington Monthly, The American Prospect, The Nation, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and many other newspapers, journals and magazines.

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