The authority of the Court and the peril of politics / Stephen Breyer.

"Stephen Breyer, drawing upon his experience as a Supreme Court justice, sounds a cautionary note. Mindful of the Court's history, he suggests that the judiciary's hard-won authority could be marred by reforms premised on the assumption of ideological bias. Breyer warns that political...

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Main Author: Breyer, Stephen G., 1938- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
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