TY - BOOK AU - Schmidhauser, John R (Editor) TI - Constitutional law in the political process SN - NA U1 - 342 SCH PY - 1963/// CY - Chicago PB - Rand McNally KW - Constitutional law KW - United States KW - Political science KW - Politics and government KW - Courts KW - Political questions and judicial power N1 - Includes index; Democratic theory and the administration of justice The citizen's perspective : justice in a representative democracy The Constitution and the status of individuals and groups Does American justice depend upon financial means? Is supervision the answer? Federal judicial authority : federalism, separation of powers Federalist no. 78 / Alexander Hamilton The Supreme Court and federalism What is the nature of the Supreme Court's role? The Supreme Court in the hierarchy of American courts Federalism and the courts Court organization : its relationship to judicial influence The significance of the district courts The role of the inferior federal judges in the American legal process Traditions and procedures of judicial institutions Procedures of the Supreme Court The significance of rules and traditions for substantive public policy Delay in the courts Decision-making procedures in the appellate courts The selection of federal judges The appointing process The politics of non-partisanship other aspects of the appointment process The crucial role of the bar The lawyer in the appellate process The bar and constitutional development The bench and the bar The specialized bar The social and political role of the organized bar The Supreme Court and social change The political consequences of judicial self-restraint : urban v. rural political ascendancy The trend toward judicial action on reapportionment Judicial action confronts the local political order The Supreme Court as innovator : the desegregation sequence The roots of judicial behavior The importance of the judge himself Backgrounds and decisions The American judicial process ER -