The U.S. Supreme Court and the electoral process

The U.S. Supreme Court and the electoral process / David K. Ryden, editor ; foreword by Lee Epstein.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ryden, David K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2002.
Edition:2nd ed., rev. and updated.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court.
Election law > United States.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The U.S. Supreme Court, the electoral process, and the quest for representation: an overview / David K. Ryden
  • Representation rights and the Rehnquist years: the viability of the "communities of interest" approach / Nancy Maveety
  • Vote dilution, party dilution, and the Voting Rights Act: the search for "fair and effective representation" / Howard A. Scarrow
  • Districting and the meanings of pluralism: the court's futile search for standards in Kiryas Joel / Stephen E. Gottleib
  • Back to the future: the enduring dilemmas revealed in the Supreme Court's treatment of political parties / Michael A. Fitts
  • Partisan autonomy or state regulatory authority? The court as mediator / Paul R. Petterson
  • The Supreme Court's patronage decisions and the theory and practice of politics / Cynthia Grant Bowman
  • Entrenching the two-party system: the Supreme Court's fusion decision / Douglas J. Amy
  • To curb parties or to court them? Seeking a constitutional framework for campaign finance reform / David K. Ryden
  • Plebiscites and minority rights: a contrarian view / Bradley A. Smith
  • Bush v. Gore typifies the Rehnquist Court's hostility to voters / Stephen E. Gottlieb
  • An agnostic assessment of the 2000 Presidential election / Mark E. Rush
  • What Bush v. Gore does and does not tell us about the Supreme Court and electoral politics / David K. Ryden
  • The imperiousness of Bush v. Gore / Jeff Polet
  • The Supreme Court has no theory of politics-and be thankful for small favors / Daniel H. Lowenstein
  • The Supreme Court as architect of election law: summing up, looking ahead / David K. Ryden.

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