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The U.S. Supreme Court and the electoral process
- Title
- The U.S. Supreme Court and the electoral process / edited by David K. Ryden ; foreword Lee Epstein.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2000]
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- Description
- xii, 322 pages; 23 cm
- Alternative Title
- US Supreme Court and the electoral process
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-299) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Lee Epstein -- The U.S. Supreme Court, the electoral process, and the quest for representation: an overview / David K. Ryden -- I. The Judicial Search for Electoral Representation: Representation rights and the Rehnquist years: the viability of the "communities of interest" approach / Nancy Maveety -- Vote dilution, party dilution, and the voting rights act: the search for "fair and effective representation" / Howard A. Scarrow -- Districting and the meanings of pluralism: the court's futile search for standards in Kiryas Joel / Stephen E. Gottlieb -- II. Political Parties: The Key to - or the Scourge of - Representation?: Back to the future: the enduring dilemmas revealed in the Supreme Court's treatment of political parties / Michael A. Fitts -- Party autonomy or state regulatory authority? The court as mediator / Paul R. Petterson -- The Supreme Court's patronage decisions and the theory and practice of politics / Cynthia Grant Bowman -- Entrenching the two-party system: the Supreme Court's fusion decision / Douglas J. Amy -- III. The Court and Political Reform: Friend or Foe?: To curb parties or court them? Seeking a constitutional framework for campaign finance reform / Daniel K. Ryden -- Plebiscites and minority rights: A contrarian view / Bradley A. Smith -- A Thornton in the side: term limits, representation, and the problem of federalism / Jeff Polet -- IV. The Court, the Constitution, and Election Law: Merging Practice and Theory: The Supreme Court has no theory of politics--and be thankful for small favors / Daniel H. Lowenstein -- The Supreme Court as architect of election law: Summing up, looking ahead / Daniel K. Ryden.
- ISBN
- 0878408053
- 9780878408054
- 0878408061
- 9780878408061
- LCCN
- 00026366
- OCLC
- ocm43555041
- 43555041
- SCSB-9011453
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library