Download or read book The Supreme Court written by Alpheus Thomas Mason and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Supreme Court written by Alpheus Thomas Mason and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sole Palladium written by Andrew B. F. Carnabuci and published by Andrew B. F. Carnabuci. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are at a moment in our shared national history when the freedom of speech has become a subject of controversy. On the left, college students demand the rescission of invitations to speakers whose ideas they disfavour.1 On the right, President Trump has repeatedly threatened to censor the press for publishing journalism critical of his administration.2 The only thing that seems to unite the left and right in our polarized society appears to be their unanimous disdain for the freedom of speech. This is a dangerous condition for a democratic government, which relies on the free exchange and debate of ideas to function properly. Even worse, many of those who hold strong views on the freedom of speech are alarmingly oblivious to current and historical legal and philosophical doctrines surrounding it, with increasing levels of moral sanctimony correlating positively with constitutional and philosophical illiteracy. The purpose of these remarks is to supply the inquisitive reader with a basic primer on the political philosophy, intellectual history, and present legal status of freedom of speech in the United States; to articulate an argument in support of a robust right to free speech; and to acknowledge and respond to some contemporary objections to unfettered free speech.
Download or read book The Supreme Court written by Alpheus Thomas Mason and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Supreme Court and Political Freedom written by Samuel Krislov and published by New York : Free Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Liberty Order and Justice written by James McClellan and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new Liberty Fund edition of James McClellan's classic work on the quest for liberty, order, and justice in England and America includes the author's revisions to the original edition published in 1989 by the Center for Judicial Studies. Unlike most textbooks in American Government, Liberty, Order, and Justice seeks to familiarize the student with the basic principles of the Constitution, and to explain their origin, meaning, and purpose. Particular emphasis is placed on federalism and the separation of powers. These features of the book, together with its extensive and unique historical illustrations, make this new edition of Liberty, Order, and Justice especially suitable for introductory classes in American Government and for high school students in advanced placement courses.
Download or read book The Supreme Court Reborn written by William E. Leuchtenburg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-10-10 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost sixty years, the results of the New Deal have been an accepted part of political life. Social Security, to take one example, is now seen as every American's birthright. But to validate this revolutionary legislation, Franklin Roosevelt had to fight a ferocious battle against the opposition of the Supreme Court--which was entrenched in laissez faire orthodoxy. After many lost battles, Roosevelt won his war with the Court, launching a Constitutional revolution that went far beyond anything he envisioned. In The Supreme Court Reborn, esteemed scholar William E. Leuchtenburg explores the critical episodes of the legal revolution that created the Court we know today. Leuchtenburg deftly portrays the events leading up to Roosevelt's showdown with the Supreme Court. Committed to laissez faire doctrine, the conservative "Four Horsemen"--Justices Butler, Van Devanter, Sutherland, and McReynolds, aided by the swing vote of Justice Owen Roberts--struck down one regulatory law after another, outraging Roosevelt and much of the Depression-stricken nation. Leuchtenburg demonstrates that Roosevelt thought he had the backing of the country as he prepared a scheme to undermine the Four Hoursemen. Famous (or infamous) as the "Court-packing plan," this proposal would have allowed the president to add one new justice for every sitting justice over the age of seventy. The plan picked up considerable momentum in Congress; it was only after a change in the voting of Justice Roberts (called "the switch in time that saved nine") and the death of Senate Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson that it shuddered to a halt. Rosevelt's persistence led to one of his biggest legislative defeats. Despite the failure of the Court-packing plan, however, the president won his battle with the Supreme Court; one by one, the Four Horsemen left the bench, to be replaced by Roosevelt appointees. Leuchtenburg explores the far-reaching nature of FDR's victory. As a consequence of the Constitutional Revolution that began in 1937, not only was the New Deal upheld (as precedent after precedent was overturned), but also the Court began a dramatic expansion of Civil liberties that would culminate in the Warren Court. Among the surprises was Senator Hugo Black, who faced widespread opposition for his lack of qualifications when he was appointed as associate justice; shortly afterward, a reporter revealed that he had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Despite that background, Black became an articulate spokesman for individual liberty. William E. Leuchtenburg is one of America's premier historians, a scholar who combines depth of learning with a graceful style. This superbly crafted book sheds new light on the great Constitutional crisis of our century, illuminating the legal and political battles that created today's Supreme Court.
Download or read book The Supreme Court in American Society written by Kermit L. Hall and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2001 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Government by Judiciary written by Raoul Berger and published by Studies in Jurisprudence and L. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is Berger's theory that the United States Supreme Court has embarked on "a continuing revision of the Constitution, under the guise of interpretation," thereby subverting America's democratic institutions and wreaking havoc upon Americans' social and political lives. Raoul Berger (1901-2000) was Charles Warren Senior Fellow in American Legal History, Harvard University. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.
Download or read book The Palladium of Justice written by Leonard Williams Levy and published by Ivan R. Dee Publisher. This book was released on 2000 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Levy skillfully traces the development of trial by jury.
Download or read book The Supreme Court In and Out of the Stream of History written by Kermit L. Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available as a single volume or part of the 10 volume set Supreme Court in American Society
Download or read book Constitution written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nonjudicial Activities of Supreme Court Justices and Other Federal Judges written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Separation of Powers and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Supreme Court from Taft to Burger written by Alpheus Thomas Mason and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1980-09-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past half century the Supreme Court has been a storm center of controversy. Since 1920 the Court has shattered precedent after precedent and has leveled a number of social, political, and economic landmarks. This perceptive study of the Court during that period received much critical acclaim when it was published in 1958 and revised ten years later. In this third edition, Alpheus Thomas Mason, one of the country’s leading authorities on the Court, updates his survey to include some of the most dramatic events in its history. In a new preface, Mason sets the tone for his treatment of the Burger Court, saying, “One thing seems certain: never before has the Supreme Court put its constitutional fingers in so many social, cultural, and political pies. The irony is that four of its present members were elected as ‘strict constructionist.’” Mason examines the dicta of various justices against the background of the times and the issues with which they were concerned: the judicial slaughter of legislation in the early thirties and Roosevelt’s retaliatory “courtpacking” attempt in 1937, judicially sanctioned federal interference in economic affairs, the bitterly contested integration decisions in 1954, and the explosive rulings of the 1960s supporting federal intervention in the fields of education, representation, and criminal justice. Mason also covers Earl Warren’s resignation as Chief Justice, the Senate’s refusal to confirm Johnson’s nomination of Abe Fortas for Chief Justice and Fortas’ later resignation under political pressure, the failure of two Nixon nominees—Haynesworth and Carswell—to receive Senate endorsement, the impeachment proceedings initiated against William O. Douglas, Nixon’s avowal to reverse the Warren Court’s protection of civil rights and liberties by appointing a “law and order” Court, and the implications of the Stanford Daily and Bakke cases. Professor Mason’s insight into the peculiar nature of the judicial function brings a deeper understanding of the Court as a creative force in American life.
Download or read book Nonjudicial Activities of Supreme Court Justices and Other Federal Judges written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book That Every Man Be Armed written by Stephen P. Halbrook and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That Every Man Be Armed, the first scholarly book on the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, has played a significant role in constitutional debate and litigation since it was first published in 1984. Halbrook traces the right to bear arms from ancient Greece and Rome to the English republicans, then to the American Revolution and Constitution, through the Reconstruction period extending the right to African Americans, and onward to today’s controversies. With reviews of recent literature and court decisions, this new edition ensures that Halbrook’s study remains the most comprehensive general work on the right to keep and bear arms.
Download or read book Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty written by Richard Price and published by . This book was released on 1776 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
