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Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics Audiobook by Stephen Breyer
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ID: 544974
Title: Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics
Author: Stephen Breyer
Narrator: Jim Seybert
Format: Unabridged
Length: 01:52:44
Language: English
Release date: 09-14-21
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Genres: Non-Fiction, Law
Summary:
A growing chorus of officials and commentators argues that the Supreme Court has become too political. On this view, the confirmation process is just an exercise in partisan agenda-setting, and the jurists are no more than politicians in robes?their ostensibly neutral judicial philosophies mere camouflage for conservative or liberal convictions. Stephen Breyer, drawing upon his experience as a Supreme Court justice, sounds a cautionary note. Mindful of the Courts history, he suggests that the judiciarys hard-won authority could be marred by reforms premised on the assumption of ideological bias. Having, as Hamilton observed, no influence over either the sword or the purse, the Court earned its authority by making decisions that have, over time, increased the publics trust. If public trust is now in decline, one part of the solution is to promote better understandings of how the judiciary actually works: how judges adhere to their oaths and how they try to avoid considerations of politics and popularity. Breyer warns that political intervention could itself further erode public trust. Without the publics trust, the Court would no longer be able to act as a check on the other branches of government or as a guarantor of the rule of law, risking serious harm to our constitutional system.
Contact: [email protected]
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By hotaudiobook.comListen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free
ID: 544974
Title: Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics
Author: Stephen Breyer
Narrator: Jim Seybert
Format: Unabridged
Length: 01:52:44
Language: English
Release date: 09-14-21
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Genres: Non-Fiction, Law
Summary:
A growing chorus of officials and commentators argues that the Supreme Court has become too political. On this view, the confirmation process is just an exercise in partisan agenda-setting, and the jurists are no more than politicians in robes?their ostensibly neutral judicial philosophies mere camouflage for conservative or liberal convictions. Stephen Breyer, drawing upon his experience as a Supreme Court justice, sounds a cautionary note. Mindful of the Courts history, he suggests that the judiciarys hard-won authority could be marred by reforms premised on the assumption of ideological bias. Having, as Hamilton observed, no influence over either the sword or the purse, the Court earned its authority by making decisions that have, over time, increased the publics trust. If public trust is now in decline, one part of the solution is to promote better understandings of how the judiciary actually works: how judges adhere to their oaths and how they try to avoid considerations of politics and popularity. Breyer warns that political intervention could itself further erode public trust. Without the publics trust, the Court would no longer be able to act as a check on the other branches of government or as a guarantor of the rule of law, risking serious harm to our constitutional system.
Contact: [email protected]