"A close and revealing look by journalists and advocates on the operations of the Supreme Court. This book captures the powerful political pressures that constantly play against the Justices and help determine their decisions."--Louis Fisher, author of "American Constitutional Law"
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments vii
The Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, 2002-03 ix
Introduction / Neil Devins and Davison M. Douglas 1
1. A High Court of One: The Role of the “Swing Voter” in the 2002 Term / Dahlia Lithwick 11
2. Anthony M. Kennedy and the Road Not Taken / David D. Savage 33
3. A Revolutionary Year: Judicial Assertiveness and Gay Rights / David J. Garrow 55
4. The Next Culture War / Jeffery Rosen 71
5. The Affirmative Action Decisions / Stuart Taylor, Jr. 87
6. Was Affirmative Action Saved by Its Friends? / Carter G. Phillips 113
7. The Court’s Faux Federalism / Ramesh Ponnuru 131
8. Cross Burning: Virginia v. Black / Rod Smolla 151
9. Cruel and Unusual: Lockyer v. Andrade / Erwin Chemerinskiy 175
10. Glasnost at the Supreme Court / Tony Mauro 191
Notes 209
Table of Cases 229
Index 233
Notes on the Contributors 241
