Title: Constitutional rights, moral controversy, and the Supreme Court
First published: 2008
Description: "If a majority of the justices of the Supreme Court believes that a law violates the Constitution, it does not necessarily follow that the Court should rule that the law is unconstitutional. In cases in which it is argued that a law violates the Constitution, the Supreme Court must decide which of two importantly different questions it should address: (1) Is the challenged law unconstitutional? (2) Is the lawmakers' judgment that the challenged law is constitutional a reasonable judgment?"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Political questions and judicial power, Constitutional law, Capital punishment, Civil rights, Law and legislation, Abortion, Same-sex marriage, Abortion, law and legislation, united states, Civil rights, united states, Law, united states
Places: United States
People: James Bradley Thayer (1831-1902)
LC classification: KF8748 .P39 2008