American Justice 2018 : : The Shifting Supreme Court / / Todd Ruger.

After a restrained 2017 term in which the Supreme Court muddled through most of its work with just eight justices, the court roared back to life with a momentous term in 2018. With Donald Trump's first appointment to the bench, conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, finding his footing and swing-vo...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (144 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction. The End of the Kennedy Court
  • 1. Drawing Political Lines
  • 2. The Masterpiece Decision
  • 3. How to Knock Down a Precedent
  • 4. Privacy in the Digital Age
  • 5. Empowering the Presidency
  • 6. Gorsuch’s Arrival
  • 7. The Sword of Free Speech
  • 8. Shifting Right
  • Epilogue. The Court’s New Center
  • Appendix. Biographies of Current Justices of the Supreme Court
  • Acknowledgments