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245 10 a| Making our democracy work :b| a judge's view /c| Stephen Breyer.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Alfred A. Knopf,c| 2010.;

300 a| xiv, 270 pages :b| illustrations, portraits ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index.;

505 0 a| The people's trust. Judicial review : the democratic anomaly ; Establishing judicial review : Marbury v. Madison ; The Cherokees ; Dred Scott ; Little Rock ; A present-day example -- Decisions that work. 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 -- Protecting individuals. Individual liberty : permanent values and proportionality ; The President, national security, and accountability : Korematsu ; Presidential power : Guantánamo and accountability.;

520 a| 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.;

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650 0 a| Political questions and judicial powerz| United States.=| ^A63326;

650 0 a| Separation of powersz| United States.=| ^A30379;

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Making our democracy work : a judge's view / Stephen Breyer.

Author/creator	Breyer, Stephen G., 1938-
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Description	xiv, 270 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Sample text
Subjects	Judicial review--United States. Judicial review--United States. --History. Political questions and judicial power--United States. Separation of powers--United States.

Contents	The people's trust. Judicial review : the democratic anomaly ; Establishing judicial review : Marbury v. Madison ; The Cherokees ; Dred Scott ; Little Rock ; A present-day example -- Decisions that work. 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 -- Protecting individuals. Individual liberty : permanent values and proportionality ; The President, national security, and accountability : Korematsu ; Presidential power : Guantánamo and accountability.
Abstract	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.
Local note	Little-305131060247W
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index.
LCCN	2010016839
ISBN	9780307269911 :
ISBN	0307269914

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