The U.S. Supreme Court and the Electoral Process
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The U.S. Supreme Court and the Electoral Process
Second Edition
David K. Ryden, Editor
The U.S. Supreme Court—at least until Bush v. Gore—had seemed to float along in an apolitical haze in the mind of the electorate. It was the executive branch and the legislative branch that mucked about in politics getting dirty, the judicial branch kept its robes—and nose—clean. The U.S. Supreme Court and the Electoral Process makes it abundantly clear however that before, during, and after the judicial decision that made George W. Bush the President of the United States, everything was, is, and will likely be, politics-including the decisions handed down by the highest court in the land. David K. Ryden is associate professor of political science and Towsley Research Scholar at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, and author of Representation in Crisis: The U.S. Supreme Court, Interest Groups, and Political Parties. Table of Contents Foreword to the Second Edition Lee Epstein Preface 1. The U.S. Supreme Court, The Electoral Process, and the Quest for Representation: An Overview David K. Ryden Part I: The Judicial Search for Electoral Representation 2. Representation Rights and the Rehnquist Years: The Viability of the "Communities of Interest" Approach Nancy Maveety 3. Vote Dilution, Party Dilution, and the Voting Rights Act: The Search for "Fair and Effective Representation" Howard A. Scarrow 4. Districting and the Meanings of Pluralism: The Court's Futile Search for Standards in Kiryas Joel Stephen E. Gottlieb Part II: Political Parties: The Key to, Or the Scourge of, Representation? 5. Back to the Future: The Enduring Dilemmas Revealed in the Supreme Court's Treatment of Political Parties Michael A. Fitts 6. Partisan Autonomy of State Regulatory Authority? The Court as Mediator Paul R. Petterson 7. The Supreme Court's Patronage Decisions and the Theory and Practice of Politics Cynthia Grant Brown Part III: The Court and Political Reform: Friend or Foe? 8. Entrenching the Two-Party System: The Supreme Court's Fusion Decision Douglas J. Amy 9. To Curb Parties or to Court Them? Seeking a Constitutional Framework for Campaign Finance Reform David K. Ryden 10. Plebiscites and Minority Rights: A Contrarian View Bradley A. Smith Part IV: "Out of the Shadows": Bush v. Gore, the Court, and the Selection of a President 11. Bush v. Gore Typifies the Rehnquist Court's Hostility to Voters Stephen E. Gottlieb 12. An Agnostic Assessment of the 2000 Presidential Election Mark E. Rush 13. What Bush v. Gore Does and Does Not Tell Us about the Supreme Court and Electoral Politics David K. Ryden 14. The Imperiousness of Bush v. Gore Jeff Polet Part V: The Court, the Constitution, and Election Law: Merging Practice and Theory 15. The Supreme Court Has No Theory of Politics—and Be Thankful for Small Favors Daniel H. Lowenstein 16. The Supreme Court as Architect of Election Law: Summing Up, Looking Ahead David K. Ryden Bibliography Table of Cases Index |