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Making our democracy work : a judge's view / Stephen Breyer.
Breyer, Stephen G., 1938-
2011
KF4575 .B73 2011 (Map It)
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Author
Breyer, Stephen G., 1938-
Title
Making our democracy work : a judge's view / Stephen Breyer.
Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2011.
Call Number
KF4575 .B73 2011
Edition
First Vintage Books edition.
ISBN
9780307390837 (pbk.)
0307390837 (pbk.)
Description
xiv, 270 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)699764931
Summary
"Justice Breyer discusses what the Court must do going forward to maintain that public confidence and argues for interpreting the Constitution in a way that works in practice. He forcefully rejects competing approaches that look exclusively to the Constitution's text or to the eighteenth-century views of the framers. Instead, he advocates a pragmatic approach that applies unchanging constitutional values to ever-changing circumstances -- an approach that will best demonstrate to the public that the Constitution continues to serve us well."--Book jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction
Judicial review : the democratic anomaly
Establishing judicial review : Marbury v. Madison
The Cherokees
Dred Scott
Little Rock
A present-day example
The basic approach
Congress, statutes, and purposes
The executive branch, administrative action, and comparative expertise
The States and Federalism : decentralization and subsidiarity
Other Federal courts : specialization
Past court decisions : stability
Individual liberty : permanent values and proportionality
The President, national security, and accountability : Korematsu
Presidential power : Guantánamo and accountability
Conclusion
Appendix A : Images
Appendix B : Background : the Court.

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