Courts & Congress : America's unwritten constitution / William J. Quirk ; with a foreword by Ralph Nader.
2008
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Author
Title
Courts & Congress : America's unwritten constitution / William J. Quirk ; with a foreword by Ralph Nader.
Published
New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2008]
Copyright
©2008
Call Number
KF5130 .Q57 2008
ISBN
1412807735 (acid-free paper)
9781412807739 (acid-free paper)
9781412807739 (acid-free paper)
Description
xvii, 312 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)185032299
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301) and index.
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Courts and Congress
Table of Contents
Introduction
The "Happy Convention"
1
1
Who is to Decide?
25
2
Guns, Gays, and God - The Happy Convention and the Culture Wars
47
3
The Happy Convention Meets the War on Terror
63
4
The Catechism of the Happy Convention
97
5
The Rise of the Happy Convention
111
6
Life under the Happy Convention
129
7
Current Views - Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito and the Happy Convention
153
8
The Happy Convention and the Grizzly Bear
165
9
Can Amending the Constitution End the Happy Convention?
193
Conclusion
209
Historical Appendix A
Stripper Statutes Limiting Court Jurisdiction in the 1930s and 1940s
213
Historical Appendix B
World War II to 1996 - Stripper Bills Seeking to Limit Court Jurisdiction - None Passed
233
Historical Appendix C
Stripper Statutes Limiting Court Jurisdiction Since 1996
257
Historical Appendix D
Selected Supreme Court Rulings
283
Selected Bibliography
297
Index
303