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What Bush Wants To Hear, David Cole
What Bush Wants To Hear, David Cole
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The Unfulfilled Promise Of The Constitution In Executive Hands, Cornelia T. Pillard
The Unfulfilled Promise Of The Constitution In Executive Hands, Cornelia T. Pillard
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Many leading constitutional scholars now argue for greater reliance on the political branches to supplement or even supplant judicial enforcement of the Constitution. Responding to our national preoccupation with the judiciary as the mechanism of constitutional enforcement, these scholars stress that the executive and legislature, too, bear responsibility to think about the Constitution for themselves and to take steps to fulfill the Constitution's promise. Joining a debate that goes back at least as far as Marbury v. Madison, current scholars seek to reawaken the political branches to their constitutional potential, and urge the Supreme Court to leave the other branches …