The U.S. Supreme Court and the Electoral Process

, by Ryden, David K.; Epstein, Lee

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ISBN: 9780878408863 | 087840886X
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Copyright: 8/1/2002

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This revised edition of the first over-all consideration of the role of the court in the electoral process is provocative and eye opening.

Contributors

vii

Foreword to the Second Edition

Lee Epstein

Preface

The U.S. Supreme Court, the Electoral Process, and the Quest for Representation: An Overview

(14)

David K. Ryden

I The Judicial Search for Electoral Representation

(76)

Representation Rights and the Rehnquist Years: The Viability of the ``Communities of Interest'' Approach

(23)

Nancy Maveety

Vote Dilution, Party Dilution, and the Voting Rights Act: The Search for ``Fair and Effective Representation''

(18)

Howard A. Scarrow

Districting and the Meanings of Pluralism: The Court's Futile Search for Standards in Kiryas Joel

(31)

Stephen E. Gottlieb

II Political Parties: The Key to, or the Scourge of, Representation?

(54)

Back to the Future: The Enduring Dilemmas Revealed in the Supreme Court's Treatment of Political Parties

(15)

Michael A. Fitts

Partisan Autonomy or State Regulatory Authority? The Court as Mediator

112

(14)

Paul R. Petterson

The Supreme Court's Patronage Decisions and the Theory and Practice of Politics

126

(19)

Cynthia Grant Bowman

III The Court and Political Reform: Friend or Foe?

145

(76)

Entrenching the Two-Party System: The Supreme Court's Fusion Decision

149

(22)

Douglas J. Amy

To Curb Parties or to Court Them? Seeking a Constitutional Framework for Campaign Finance Reform

171

(23)

David K. Ryden

Plebiscites and Minority Rights: A Contrarian View

194

(27)

Bradley A. Smith

IV ``Out of the Shadows'': Bush v Gore, the Court, and the Selection of a President

221

(60)

Bush v. Gore Typifies the Rehnquist Court's Hostility to Voters

226

(11)

Stephen E. Gottlieb

An Agnostic Assessment of the 2000 Presidential Election

237

(11)

Mark E. Rush

What Bush v. Gore Does and Does Not Tell Us about the Supreme Court and Electoral Politics

248

(15)

David K. Ryden

The Imperiousness of Bush v. Gore

263

(18)

Jeff Polet

V The Court, the Constitution, and Election Law: Merging Practice and Theory

281

(42)

The Supreme Court Has No Theory of Politics---and Be Thankful for Small Favors

283

(21)

Daniel H. Lowenstein

The Supreme Court as Architect of Election Law: Summing Up, Looking Ahead

304

(19)

David K. Ryden

Bibliography

323

(20)

Table of Cases

343

(6)

Index

349

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