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Throwing the party : how the Supreme Court puts political party organizations ahead of voters
Title
Throwing the party : how the Supreme Court puts political party organizations ahead of voters / Wayne Batchis, University of Delaware.
ISBN
9781316515051
1316515052
9781009095853
1009095854
9781009091909
9781009089951 (PDF ebook)
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022.
Physical Description
xiii, 264 pages ; 23 cm.
Summary
"This series is a platform for original scholarship on US civil rights and civil liberties. It produces books on the normative, historical, judicial, political, and sociological contexts for understanding contemporary legislative, jurisprudential, and presidential dilemmas. The aim is to provide experts, teachers, policymakers, students, social activists, and educated citizens with in-depth analyses of theories, existing and past conditions, and constructive ideas for legal advancements"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Batchis, Wayne, 1974- Throwing the party First edition. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 22, 2022
Series
Cambridge studies on civil rights and civil liberties.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
The Supreme Court's approach to political parties
The association versus the individual
Setting the stage
Primaries and the party in the electorate : the right to vote
Double standards : organizations over individuals and major over minor parties
Doubling down on the party organization in service of the major parties
Party speech through money
An Ill-fitting party campaign finance jurisprudence
Parties and the current campaign finance landscape
Party and equality
The political question : is there room for equal protection in partisan gerrymandering?
A potential solution : the party system as a public forum
Conclusion.
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