Is the supreme court a "majoritarian" institution?

Supreme Court Review

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages 103-158

  Pildes, Richard H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

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EID: 80054850602     PISSN: 00819557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/658919     Document Type: Review

References (35)

1. Alexander M. Bickel, The Least Dangerous Branch 16-23 (Yale, 1962).
2. See, for example, Mark A. Graber, The Countermajoritarian Difficulty: From Courts to Congress to Constitutional Order, 4Ann Rev L & Soc Sci 361, 380 (2008);
3. Barry Friedman, The Birth of an Academic Obsession: The History of the Countermajoritarian Difficulty, Part Five, 112 Yale L J 153 (2002).
4. Robert A. Dahl, Decision-Making in a Democracy: The Supreme Court as a National Policy-Maker, 6 J Pub L 279 (1957).
5. See David Adamany and Joel B. Grossman, Support for the Supreme Court as a National Policymaker, 5 Law & Policy Q 405, 407 (1983).
6. See Gary Langer, In Supreme Court Ruling on Campaign Finance, The Public Dissents, online at http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2010/02/in-supreme- court-ruling-on-campaign-finance-the-public-dissents.html.
7. See also David Savage, Most Agree with High Court; Since the Justices' Tilt to the Right, Rulings Appear Largely in Sync with Public Opinion, LA Times A26 (Oct 17, 2010) (reporting on results of Constitutional Attitudes Survey showing that decision was "very out of step with public opinion" and that 85 percent of those surveyed support requirement of shareholder approval for corporate political electioneering spending).
8. Samuel Issacharoff, On Political Corruption, 124Harv L Rev 118 (2010).
9. Dean Alfange, The Supreme Court and the National Will 235 (Doubleday, 1937). On the ultimate dependence of public institutions on the support of public opinion
10. see Jack Goldsmith and Daryl Levinson, Law for States, 122 Harv L Rev 1791 (2009).
11. See, for example, Gerald Rosenberg, The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change? 16 (Chicago, 1991);
12. Mark A. Graber, The Nonmajoritarian Difficulty: Legislative Deference to the Judiciary, 7 Stud Am Polit Dev 35, 38 (1993).
13. Barry Friedman, The Will of the People: How Public Opinion Has Influenced the Supreme Court and Shaped the Meaning of the Constitution 368, 369, 370, 371
14. Jack M. Balkin, Framework Originalism and the Living Constitution, 103 Nw U L Rev 549, 563 (2009).
15. See, for example, Jack M. Balkin and Sanford Levinson, Understanding the Constitutional Revolution, 87 Va L Rev 1045, 1066 (2001). (Pubitemid 33656658)
16. Keith Whittington, The Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy: The Presidency, the Supreme Court, and Constitutional Leadership in U.S. History (Princeton, 2007).
17. See Neal Devins, The Majoritarian Rehnquist Court? 76 L & Contemp Probs 63, 64 (2004).
18. See Thomas A. Schemling, Supreme Court Counter-Majoritarianism Revisited: Warren Court Cases Invalidating State Laws, 1954-1969 (paper prepared for delivery at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 7-10, 2005).
19. Gregory Caldeira, Courts and Public Opinion, in J. B. Gates and C. A. Johnson, eds, The American Courts (CQ Press, 1991).
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22. Tom S. Clark and Keith E. Whittington, Ideology, Partisanship, and Judicial Review of Acts of Congress, 1789-2006 (unpublished manuscript, Nov 1, 2010) (on file with author).
23. See Vicki C. Jackson, Introduction; Congressional Control of Jurisdiction and the Future of the Federal Courts, 86 Georgetown L J 2445 (1998).
24. These calculations are based on data taken from http://clerk.house.gov/ art-history/house-history/partyDiv.html.
25. These calculations are based on data taken from http://www.senate.gov/ pagelayout/history/one-item-and-teasers/partydiv.htm.
26. Mark Tushnet, Political Power and Judicial Power: Some Observations on Their Relation, 75 Fordham L Rev 755, 768 (2006).
27. Harold W. Stanley and Richard G. Niemi, Vital Statistics on American Politics, 2005-2006 38-39 (CQ Press, 2006).
28. Geoffrey R. Stone, Understanding Supreme Court Confirmations, 2010 Supreme Court Review (in this volume).
29. See generally Richard Funston, The Supreme Court and Critical Elections,69 AmPol Sci Rev 795 (1975);
30. Jonathan D. Casper, The Supreme Court and National Policy Making
31. Harold F. Hill Jr., Court Curbing, Court Reversals, and Judicial Review: The Supreme Court versus Congress, 14L & Society Rev 309 (1980);
32. Gregory A. Caldeira and Donald J. McCrone, Of Time and Judicial Activism: A Study of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1800-1973
33. Stephen Halpern and Charles Lamb, eds, Supreme Court Activism and Restraint (Lexington, 1982);
34. William Lasser, The Supreme Court in Periods ofCritical Realignment,47J Pol 1174 (1985);
35. John B. Taylor, The Supreme Court and Political Eras: A Perspective on Judicial Power in a Democratic Polity, 54Rev Pol 345(1992).