Author : Linda Greenhouse
Release : 2023
Genre : Judicial process
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 469/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The U. S. Supreme Court: a Very Short Introduction by : Linda Greenhouse

Download or read book The U. S. Supreme Court: a Very Short Introduction written by Linda Greenhouse. This book was released on 2023. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction draws on the Court's history and its written and unwritten rules to show how it operates in the twenty-first century. Today's Supreme Court, housed in a majestic building on Capitol Hill, bears little resemblance to the institution launched by the Framers of the Constitution and was originally seen as the weakest of the three branches of government. Over the next 200 years, the Court put the independence the Framers gave it to use and now largely defines itself, exercising so much power over how Americans live that some have begun to question whether the Court has gone too far. How do cases reach the Supreme Court? What features have other courts around the world taken from the Supreme Court, and what have they left?"--