Lasser examines in detail four periods during which the Court was
widely charged with overstepping its constitutional power: the late
1850s, with the
Dred Scott case and its aftermath; the
Reconstruction era; the New Deal era; and the years of the Warren
and Burger Courts after 1954. His thorough analysis of the most
controversial decisions convincingly demonstrates that the Court
has much more power to withstand political reprisal than is
commonly assumed.
Originally published in 1988.
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