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Supreme Court of the United States

1990

Countermajoritarian

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Pure Politics, Girardeau A. Spann Jun 1990

Pure Politics, Girardeau A. Spann

Michigan Law Review

Part I of this article considers the impact that judicial discretion has on the traditional model of judicial review, and that model's reliance on the Supreme Court as the primary guardian of minority interests. Part II argues that the interests of racial minorities can be better advanced through the ordinary political process than through the process of Supreme Court adjudication. Part Ill emphasizes that minority participation in Supreme Court proceedings cannot ultimately be avoided and, accordingly, suggests a political model of the Court that minorities can use in an effort to neutralize the Court's distortion of the political process. Part …


Political Consensus, Constitutional Formulae, And The Rationale For Judicial Review, Martin H. Redish May 1990

Political Consensus, Constitutional Formulae, And The Rationale For Judicial Review, Martin H. Redish

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Constitutional Cultures; The Mentality and Consequences of Judicial Review by Robert Nagel