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Curbing the Court: Why the Public Constrains Judicial Independence - Bartels, Brandon L, and Johnston, Christopher D
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What motivates political actors with diverging interests to respect the Supreme Court's authority? A popular answer is that the public serves as the guardian of judicial independence by punishing elected officials who undermine the justices. Curbing the Court challenges this claim, presenting a new theory of how we perceive the Supreme Court. Bartels and Johnston argue that, contrary to conventional wisdom, citizens are not principled defenders of the judiciary. Instead, they seek to limit the Court's power when it suits ...

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Curbing the Court: Why the Public Constrains Judicial Independence 2020, Cambridge University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9781316638507

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Curbing the Court: Why the Public Constrains Judicial Independence 2020, Cambridge University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9781107188419

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