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Section 8: Judicial Modesty, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
Section 8: Judicial Modesty, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
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Judicial Activism: An Empirical Examination Of Voting Behavior On The Rehnquist Natural Court, Lori A. Ringhand
Judicial Activism: An Empirical Examination Of Voting Behavior On The Rehnquist Natural Court, Lori A. Ringhand
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This paper attempts to quantify one of the most deeply contested terms in constitutional law: “judicial activism.” Most discussions of “judicial activism” define activism either in reference to a particular political ideology (such as complaints about “liberal activist judges”) or a particular method of constitutional interpretation (such as assertions that a decision was “activist” because it was not based on the original meaning of the Constitution). This paper sidesteps those debates, focusing instead on an empirical examination of how recent U.S. Supreme Court justices have in fact exercised their judicial power. I do this by examining the voting records of …
Imposing A Cap On Capital Punishment, Adam M. Gershowitz
Imposing A Cap On Capital Punishment, Adam M. Gershowitz
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