Principled Judicial Restraint: A Case Against Activism

Like many books, this one argues for a more restrained Supreme Court. Unlike most other books, however, this one grounds that call in a fully elaborated constitutional theory that goes beyond the "counter-majoritarian difficulty."

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Principled Judicial Restraint: A Case Against Activism

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Preface 1 Where We Are Now

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2 How We Got Here, Part 1: From the Old Activism to the Warren Court

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3 How We Got Here, Part 2: The Rise of Conservative Judicial Activism

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4 A Constitutional Theory of Judicial Restraint

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5 Objections

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6 Con