"Interpose your friendly hand": Political supports for the exercise of judicial review by the United States Supreme Court

American Political Science Review

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 583-596

  Whittington, Keith E ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644880047     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055405051890     Document Type: Review

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