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Making Our Democracy Work
A Judge's View

By Breyer, Stephen

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ISBN: 0307269914 Publisher: Random House Inc Published: Sep 14 2010 Pages: 270 Weight: 1.35lbs. Height: 9.25" Width: 6.50" Depth: 1.00" Language: English

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer gives us, for the first time, his original and accessible theory of the United States Supreme Court’s responsibility and integrity.

Every time the court exercises its power of review to overturn legislation, it overrides the actions of popularly ...

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer gives us, for the first time, his original and accessible theory of the United States Supreme Court’s responsibility and integrity.

Every time the court exercises its power of review to overturn legislation, it overrides the actions of popularly elected leaders. In each case, Justice Breyer argues, the court must act responsibly to safeguard the trust of the American people and ensure the cooperation of the other branches of government. He illuminates this argument with the fascinating stories of key decisions, told from his unique perspective. Among others, Justice Breyer discusses Andrew Jackson’s reaction to the Cherokee cases; FDR’s reaction to cases that invalidated New Deal legislation; Eisenhower’s response to Cooper v. Aaron (which, in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, held that the states were bound by the Court’s decisions); and the public response to Bush v. Gore.

Through the Eyes of a Judge is an opportunity for Justice Breyer—one of the few Democrats on the bench—to refute the strict constructionism advocated by the court’s conservatives. Here he powerfully demonstrates that the influence of our Supreme Court is not historically constant—rather, it has evolved over time, as it continues to do today.