Democracy and Equality: The Enduring Constitutional Vision of the Warren Court (Inalienable Rights) by Geoffrey R. Stone, David A. Strauss
English | December 5th, 2019 | ISBN: 019093820X | 240 pages | EPUB | 0.41 MB
English | December 5th, 2019 | ISBN: 019093820X | 240 pages | EPUB | 0.41 MB
From 1953 to 1969, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren brought about many of the proudest achievements of American constitutional law. The Warren declared racial segregation and laws forbidding interracial marriage to be unconstitutional; it expanded the right of citizens to criticize public officials; it held school prayer unconstitutional; and it ruled that people accused of a crime must be given a lawyer even if they can't afford one. Yet, despite those and other achievements, conservative critics have fiercely accused the justices of the Warren Court of abusing their authority by supposedly imposing their own opinions on the nation.