Raskin, Jamin B.

Overruling democracy : the Supreme Court versus the American people / By Jamin B. Raskin. - 1st Routledge paperback ed. - New York : Routledge, c2004. - xx, 290 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Supreme Court and America's democracy deficit -- The court supreme : Bush v. Gore and the judicial assault on democracy -- The people have no right to vote and no right to rule -- Unequal protection : the Supreme Court's racial double standard in redistricting -- America's signature exclusion : how democracy is made safe for the two-party system --'Arrogant Orwellian bureaucrats' : how the electoral-industrial complex controls America's political debates and gerrymanders your mind -- Schooling for democracy -- Democracy and the corporation -- Unflagging patriotism : the people, the flag and the constitution -- Overruling the court and re-righting America.

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United States. Supreme Court.


Political questions and judicial power--United States.