David's Hammer: The Case for an Activist Judiciary

by Clint Bolick

Overview

Judicial activism is condemned by both right and left, for good reason—lawless courts are a threat to republican government. But challenging conventional wisdom, constitutional litigator Clint Bolick argues in David's Hammer: The Case for an Activist Judiciary that far worse is a judiciary that allows the other branches of government to run roughshod over precious liberties. For better or worse, only a vigorous judiciary can enforce the limits on executive and legislative action, protect constitution-al rights, and tame unelected bureaucrats. David's Hammer reclaims for the judiciary its intended role as the ultimate safeguard of a free society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933995021
Publisher:	Cato Institute
Publication date:	03/13/2007
Pages:	165
Product dimensions:	5.89(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword     ix
Mrs. Swedenburg Goes to Court     1
Judicial Activism: Everybody's Favorite Bogeyman     19
The Origins and Importance of Judicial Review     35
Judicial Activism: The Bad and the Good     49
The Rehnquist Court: A Judicial Counterrevolution Fizzles Out     69
Model Justice     87
Economic Liberty     97
Private Property Rights     113
School Choice     127
State Constitutions: The Beckoning Frontier     139
An Activist Judiciary, for All the Right Reasons     157
Notes     165
Index     179