Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution
From the Publisher:From Citizens United to its momentous rulings regarding Obamacare and gay marriage, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has profoundly affected American life. Yet the court remains a mysterious institution, and the motivations of the nine men and women who serve for life are often obscure. Now, in Uncertain Justice, Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz show the surprising extent to which the Roberts Court is revising the meaning of our Constitution.Political gridlock, cultural change, and technological progress mean that the court’s decisions on key topics―including free speech, privacy, voting rights, and presidential power―could be uniquely resilient. Acutely aware of their opportunity, the justices are rewriting critical aspects of constitutional law and redrawing the ground rules of American government. Tribe―one of the country’s leading constitutional lawyers―and Matz dig deeply into the court’s rulings, stepping beyond tired debates over judicial “act