Richard H Fallon Jr

The Changing Constitution

Constitutional Law in the Trump-Era Supreme Court

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Produktbeschreibung

For nonlawyers who want to understand constitutional law and today's conservative Supreme Court. It draws on history and political science to explain the emergence of leading doctrines, including blockbuster rulings. It shows how changed interpretations of the Constitution are historically normal, highlighting the distinctiveness of today's Court.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781009533980
• ISBN-10: 1009533983
• Artikelnr.: 74172635

Autorenporträt

Richard H. Fallon, Jr., is the Story Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and an Affiliate Professor in the Harvard Government Department. A former Rhodes Scholar and Supreme Court law clerk, he is a prize-winning teacher and the author of numerous books and articles about constitutional law.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The written constitution and the emergence of judicial supremacy
2. Historical overview of constitutional adjudication by the Supreme Court
3. The Supreme Court today
4. Freedom of religion: the crumbling 'wall of separation' between church and state
5. The freedom of speech: the ascent of 'the persuasion principle'
6. The expanding and contested 'right to keep and bear arms'
7. The equal protection of the laws: what it once meant and now means
8. Substantive due process and unenumerated fundamental rights after the overruling of Roe v. Wade
9. The shrinking yet still formidable powers of congress
10. The powers of the president and the executive branch in a period of ferment
11. Law and change in the Supreme Court.