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Supreme Court and Constitutional Law

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The Chief Justice

Appointment and Influence

By Artemus Ward & David J. Danelski
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Judicial Politics, Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law

Scholars use the most advanced methods in judicial studies to examine the role of Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Common Law Judging

Subjectivity, Impartiality, and the Making of Law

By Douglas E. Edlin
Subjects: Political Science, Judicial Politics, Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, Comparative Law, Law and Society

Moving beyond the subjectivity-objectivity debate, Edlin presents a case for intersubjectivity

Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings in the U.S. Senate

Reconsidering the Charade

By Dion Farganis & Justin Wedeking
Subjects: Political Science, Judicial Politics, American Politics, Political Methodology, Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law

How much do Supreme Court nominees reveal at their confirmation hearings, and how do their answers affect senators' votes?

Oral Arguments and Coalition Formation on the U.S. Supreme Court

A Deliberate Dialogue

By Ryan C. Black, Timothy R. B. Johnson, and Justin Wedeking
Subjects: Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, Political Science, Judicial Politics

Oral arguments are a key aspect of the Supreme Court's decision-making process

Brandishing the First Amendment

Commercial Expression in America

By Tamara Piety
Subjects: Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, Law and Society, Political Science, Judicial Politics

How the First Amendment has been aggressively and inappropriately expanded by commercial entities

The Supreme Court and the NCAA

The Case for Less Commercialism and More Due Process in College Sports

By Brian Porto
Subjects: Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, Political Science, Judicial Politics, Sports, Education, Higher Education

Porto identifies the Court’s role in shaping college sports and advances a prescription for reform

Federalism

Political Identity and Tragic Compromise

By Malcolm Feeley & Edward Rubin
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics, Judicial Politics, Law, Comparative Law, Law and Society, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law

New analysis of a fundamental concept in politics and law, by a pair of influential and respected scholars

Judges and Unjust Laws

Common Law Constitutionalism and the Foundations of Judicial Review

By Douglas E. Edlin
Subjects: Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, Law and Society, Legal History, Comparative Law, Political Science, Judicial Politics

Are judges legally obligated to enforce an unjust law?

The Supreme Court on Trial

How the American Justice System Sacrifices Innocent Defendants

By George C. Thomas
Subjects: Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, Political Science, Judicial Politics

Has the American criminal justice system abandoned its duty to protect the innocent?

The Great Justices, 1941-54

Black, Douglas, Frankfurter, and Jackson in Chambers

By William Domnarski
Subjects: Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, Biography, History, American History, Political Science, Judicial Politics

An illuminating look at how the egos and ambitions of four celebrated Supreme Court justices affected their thinking on issues that still resonate today

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