Campaigns and the Court The U. S. Supreme Court in Presidential Elections

Name: Campaigns and the Court The U. S. Supreme Court in Presidential Elections
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ISBN: 9780231100359

ISBN-10: 0231100353

ISBN-13: 9780231100359

Edition: N/A

Authors: Donald Grier Stephenson Jr., Donald Grier Stephenson Jr.

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Over two centuries of American history the Supreme Court has often become a significant issue in presidential elections, with voters acutely aware that the dominance of one party at the polls may translate into that party's dominance on the nation's highest court. Should Americans presume that votes at the ballot box will have an effect on votes at the Supreme Court on what our Constitution means? Donald Grier Stephenson Jr. explores the periods when the Court has been an issue in elections -- and when it has not----investigating ten elections in which the Court was clearly an issue and looking also at the election of 1992, in which it could have become a major issue but did not. Drawing…

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List price: $37.00
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 4/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English




The Constitution, Politics, and the Supreme Court



The Election of 1800: Partisan Beginnings



The Election of 1832: Partisanship Revived



The Election of 1860: Limits of Partisanship



The Elections of 1896, 1912, and 1924: Partisanship Redirected



The Election of 1936: A Constitutional Divide



The Election of 1968: Partisanship Destabilized



The Elections of 1980 and 1984: Whose Constitution?



Presidential Campaigns and the Supreme Court



The Presidency and Congress, by 1789--1998



Presidents and Justices