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Courting disaster : the Supreme Court and the unmaking of American law
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Courting disaster : the Supreme Court and the unmaking of American law

Author: Martin Garbus
Publisher: New York : Times Books, 2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Discusses how seemingly small decisions by the Court can bring on extreme change in American law, and ultimately in American society, and emphasizes the importance of restoring the Court's bipartisanship and objectivity.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Martin Garbus
ISBN: 0805069186 9780805069181 080507287X 9780805072877
OCLC Number: 49500487
Description: 322 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: The unmaking of American law --
The right's twenty-year attack on the federal judiciary --
Crime and punishment --
Morality and values : sex, abortion, and women's rights --
Federalism and states' rights --
Capitalism and the free market : rolling back the clock to the 1900s --
Race, gender, and ethnicity --
Affirmative action : putting the nail in the coffin --
Religion --
Conclusion : courting disaster.
Responsibility: Martin Garbus.
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Discusses how seemingly small decisions by the Court can bring on extreme change in American law, and ultimately in American society, and emphasizes the importance of restoring the Court's bipartisanship and objectivity.

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