Updates include:
• The appointments of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, as well as Associate Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor—featuring biographies and background information
• A new chapter on the emergence of Second Amendment protections for the Right to Bear Arms
• New content on individual rights
• New information and detail on how cases currently get to the Court, and how the process has changed over time
• Expanded content on selecting justices and the confirmation politics of judicial appointments
Landmark decisions and key cases:
• District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)—gun rights and the Second Amendment
• Boumediene v. Bush (2008)—Guantánamo and habeas corpus
• Roper v. Simmons (2005)—on death penalty and juveniles
Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court covers the Court’s entire history; its operations; its power in relation to other branches of government; major decisions affecting the other branches, the states, individual rights and liberties; and biographies of the justices.
Appendixes provide additional information on the Court such as the Judiciary Acts of 1789 and 1925 and a list of Acts of Congress found by the Court to be unconstitutional. A general name and subject index speeds research, and a case index quickly guides readers to all decisions discussed in the Guide.
Key Features
• Covers three new Supreme Court justices and the confirmation process
• Demonstrates how cases get to the Court
• New content on individual rights
• New chapter on the Second Amendment
Updates include:
• The appointments of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, as well as Associate Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor—featuring biographies and background information
• A new chapter on the emergence of Second Amendment protections for the Right to Bear Arms
• New content on individual rights
• New information and detail on how cases currently get to the Court, and how the process has changed over time
• Expanded content on selecting justices and the confirmation politics of judicial appointments
Landmark decisions and key cases:
• District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)—gun rights and the Second Amendment
• Boumediene v. Bush (2008)—Guantánamo and habeas corpus
• Roper v. Simmons (2005)—on death penalty and juveniles
Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court covers the Court’s entire history; its operations; its power in relation to other branches of government; major decisions affecting the other branches, the states, individual rights and liberties; and biographies of the justices.
Appendixes provide additional information on the Court such as the Judiciary Acts of 1789 and 1925 and a list of Acts of Congress found by the Court to be unconstitutional. A general name and subject index speeds research, and a case index quickly guides readers to all decisions discussed in the Guide.
Key Features
• Covers three new Supreme Court justices and the confirmation process
• Demonstrates how cases get to the Court
• New content on individual rights
• New chapter on the Second Amendment
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780872894235 |
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Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Publication date: | 06/23/2010 |
Series: | Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court , #5 |
Edition description: | Fifth Edition |
Pages: | 1544 |
Product dimensions: | 8.70(w) x 11.10(h) x 1.40(d) |