Pack the court! : a defense of Supreme Court expansion / Stephen M. Feldman.
| Author/creator | Feldman, Stephen M., 1955- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | x, 264 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : The court-packing controversy -- The size of the Supreme Court : a history -- FDR's court-packing plan -- Republican democracy -- Pluralist democracy -- The history of the law-politics dichotomy -- The myth of the law-politics dichotomy (or, understanding the law-politics dynamic) -- The purists -- A little bit of this, a little bit of that -- An emulsion -- Understanding legal interpretation : the law-politics dynamic -- Implications of the law-politics dynamic -- for Supreme Court justices -- For politicians, commentators, and citizens -- For scholars -- The Roberts Court's conservatism -- Judicial denigration of democratic government -- Judicial protection of wealth and the economic marketplace -- Lack of judicial protection for women -- Judicial protection for whites, not people of color -- Judicial protection of Christianity -- Counterexamples : how conservative is the Roberts Court? -- Conclusion : Court-packing and Supreme Court legitimacy. |
| Abstract | "Challenges the argument that court-packing will politicize the Court and undermine its institutional legitimacy, arguing that the "law-politics dichotomy" is a myth because politics always has and always will influence Supreme Court decision-making"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-254) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Feldman, Stephen Matthew, 1955- Pack the court! Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2021 9781439921609 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021058733 |
| ISBN | 9781439921586 hardcover |
| ISBN | 143992158X hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781439921593 paperback |
| ISBN | 1439921598 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| Standard identifier# | 40030730410 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | KF8742 .F45 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |