{"product_id":"9780878408863","title":"U. S. Supreme Court and the Electoral Process","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Supreme Court—at least until \u003ci\u003eBush v. Gore\u003c\/i\u003e—had seemed to float along in an apolitical haze in the mind of the electorate. It was the executive branch and the legislative branch that mucked about in politics getting dirty, the judicial branch kept its robes—and nose—clean. \u003ci\u003eThe U.S. Supreme Court and the Electoral Process\u003c\/i\u003e makes it abundantly clear however that before, during, and after the judicial decision that made George W. Bush the President of the United States, everything was, is, and will likely be, politics-including the decisions handed down by the highest court in the land. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis revised and updated edition takes into account not only the recent famous (or infamous, depending on the reader's point of view) judicial decision on the Presidency, but a myriad of others as well in which the U.S. Supreme Court has considered the constitutionality of a wide range of issues involving voting and elections, representation, and political participation. Practitioners and academics in both law and political science examine a number of court actions that directly affect how we choose those who govern us, and how those decisions have affected our electoral politics, constitutional doctrine, and the fundamental concepts of democracy, including: racial redistricting, term limits, political patronage, campaign finance regulations, third-party ballot access, and state ballot initiatives limiting civil liberties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the first edition, \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e said, \u003ci\u003eThe U.S. Supreme Court and the Electoral Process\u003c\/i\u003e \"plumbs the Supreme Court's constitutive apolitical role as 'primary shaper of the electoral system' and reveals the pervasive involvement of the Court in the political process.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Georgetown University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033511346416,"sku":"9780878408863","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780878408863_p0.jpg?v=1763836679","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780878408863","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}