Illinois Compiled Statutes Annotated
Author : Illinois
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,70 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Law
ISBN :
Author : Illinois
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,70 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Law
ISBN :
Author : United States
Publisher :
Page : 1628 pages
File Size : 47,3 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Law
ISBN :
Author : Dennis W. Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 18,11 MB
Release : 2009-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1135837570
Dennis W. Johnson tells the story of fifteen major laws enacted over the course of two centuries of American democracy, for each looking at the forces and circumstances that led to its enactment—the often tempestuous political struggles, the political players who were key in proposing or enacting the legislation, and the impact of the legislation and its place in American history.
Author : Connecticut
Publisher :
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 31,23 MB
Release : 1802
Category : Law
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Author : Massachusetts
Publisher :
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 42,75 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Law
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Author : John V. Sullivan
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 17,77 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Government publications
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Author : Keith E. Whittington
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 29,7 MB
Release : 2020-05-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0700630368
When the Supreme Court strikes down favored legislation, politicians cry judicial activism. When the law is one politicians oppose, the court is heroically righting a wrong. In our polarized moment of partisan fervor, the Supreme Court’s routine work of judicial review is increasingly viewed through a political lens, decried by one side or the other as judicial overreach, or “legislating from the bench.” But is this really the case? Keith E. Whittington asks in Repugnant Laws, a first-of-its-kind history of judicial review. A thorough examination of the record of judicial review requires first a comprehensive inventory of relevant cases. To this end, Whittington revises the extant catalog of cases in which the court has struck down a federal statute and adds to this, for the first time, a complete catalog of cases upholding laws of Congress against constitutional challenges. With reference to this inventory, Whittington is then able to offer a reassessment of the prevalence of judicial review, an account of how the power of judicial review has evolved over time, and a persuasive challenge to the idea of an antidemocratic, heroic court. In this analysis, it becomes apparent that that the court is political and often partisan, operating as a political ally to dominant political coalitions; vulnerable and largely unable to sustain consistent opposition to the policy priorities of empowered political majorities; and quasi-independent, actively exercising the power of judicial review to pursue the justices’ own priorities within bounds of what is politically tolerable. The court, Repugnant Laws suggests, is a political institution operating in a political environment to advance controversial principles, often with the aid of political leaders who sometimes encourage and generally tolerate the judicial nullification of federal laws because it serves their own interests to do so. In the midst of heated battles over partisan and activist Supreme Court justices, Keith Whittington’s work reminds us that, for better or for worse, the court reflects the politics of its time.
Author : Massachusetts
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,57 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Law
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
Page : 1414 pages
File Size : 37,52 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Law
ISBN :
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author : P.D. James
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 38,65 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0857861077
Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by P.D. James