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Liberty Under Law - The Supreme Court in American Life (Paperback)
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Liberty Under Law - The Supreme Court in American Life (Paperback)
Series: The American Moment
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The two-hundredth anniversary of the U.S. Constitution and the
intense debates surrounding the recent nominees to the Supreme
Court have refocused attention on one of the most fundamental
documents in U.S. history -- and on the judges who settle disputes
over its interpretation. Liberty under Law is a concise and
readable history of the U.S. Supreme Court, from its antecedents in
colonial and British legal tradition to the present. William M.
Wiecek surveys the impact of the Court's power of judicial review
on important aspects of the nation's political, economic, and
social life. The author highlights important decisions on issues
that range from the scope and legitimacy of judicial review itself
to civil rights, censorship, the rights of privacy, separation of
church and state, and the powers of the President and Congress to
conduct foreign affairs. Wiecek's own beliefs about the Court and
the Constitution are unabashed and clearly stated. He expresses
admiration for John Marshall while critically reviewing the mixed
achievements of Marshall's successor, Roger Taney, author of the
infamous Dred Scott opinion, which upheld the legitimacy of
slavery. And he offers sharp criticism of the Court's "formalist"
era in the early twentieth century, when judicial obstructionists
"sought to shield a minority of wealth from the effects of
democratic politics." Throughout, Wiecek underscores the importance
of disagreements over just what law is, and over the Court's role
in interpreting that law. In so doing, he broadens the context for
current debates about the Constitution and efforts to establish
what some have called a "jurisprudence of original intention." The
mirror of history, heshows, reveals the limitations of such a
narrow scope of interpretation.
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