The authority of the Court and the peril of politics
(2021)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
347.73262/BREYER,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021
DESCRIPTION
101 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780674269361, 0674269365 :, 0674269365, 9780674269361
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The Court's power: In general -- The Court as a check -- The "check" and the future
"Americans increasingly believe the Supreme Court is a political body in disguise. But Justice Stephen Breyer disagrees. Arguing that judges are committed to their oath to do impartial justice, Breyer aims to restore trust in the Court. In the absence of that trust, he warns, the Court will lose its authority, imperiling our constitutional system"--