MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aKF4575$b.B738 2010
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100 1 $aBreyer, Stephen G.,$d1938-
245 10 $aMaking our democracy work :$ba judge's view /$cStephen Breyer.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2010.
300 $axiv, 270 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aJudicial review : the democratic anomaly -- Establishing judicial review : Marbury v. Madison -- The Cherokees -- Dred Scott -- Little Rock -- A present-day example -- The basic approach -- Congress, statutes, and purposes -- The executive branch, administrative action, and comparative expertise -- The states and federalism : decentralization and subsidiarity -- Other federal courts : specialization -- Past court decisions : stability -- Individual liberty : permanent values and proportionality -- The President, national security, and accountability : Korematsu -- Presidential power : Guantánamo and accountability.
520 $aJustice Breyer discusses what the Court must do going forward to maintain that public confidence and argues for interpreting the Constitution in a way that works in practice. He forcefully rejects competing approaches that look exclusively to the Constitution's text or to the eighteenth-century views of the framers. Instead, he advocates a pragmatic approach that applies unchanging constitutional values to ever-changing circumstances--an approach that will best demonstrate to the public that the Constitution continues to serve us well.--$cSource other than Library of Congress.
650 0 $aJudicial review$zUnited States.
650 0 $aJudicial review$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aPolitical questions and judicial power$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSeparation of powers$zUnited States.