Playing it safe
Subtitle: how the Supreme Court sidesteps hard cases and stunts the development of law
By: Lisa A. Kloppenberg.
Series: Critical America
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court -- History; Certiorari -- United States -- History; Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-301) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Court avoids scrutinizing "official english" mandate; title: The Court grapples with Congress and standing hurdles in  environmental cases; title: The Court uses standing to discourage redress for racial wrongs; title: Avoiding selected affirmative action challenges; title: Coming out of the constitutional closet; title: Avoiding gender equality; title: The Court's aggressive expansion of states' rights.