In the Balance: Law and Politics on the Roberts Court

by Mark Tushnet and Mark V. Tushnet

Book Overview

When John Roberts was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court, he said he would act as an umpire. Instead, his Court is reshaping legal precedent through decisions unmistakably--though not always predictably--determined by politics as much as by law, on a Court almost perfectly politically divided.

Harvard Law School professor and constitutional law expert Mark Tushnet clarifies the lines of conflict and what is at stake on the Supreme Court...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393073440
• ISBN13: 9780393073447
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"