The Supreme Court

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• Extensive attention to the growing impact of political polarization on the Court, including the appointments of Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson, emphasize the stakes in the Court's composition and the importance of the Court's membership for its decisions. The outcomes of those battles created a Court with a strong conservative majority, and that majority has reached decisions changing public policy on major issues such as rules for voting and elections, regulation of firearms, and affirmative action.

• Other significant changes of the book consider the growing importance of the Court's decisions on requests for stays and injunctions, the questions that have been raised by members of Congress and others about the ethical standards of the justices, and a new structure for oral argument of cases in the Court.

• New tables and figures highlight important aspects of the Court, such as the frequent public appearances made by the current justices, the kinds of litigants that have cases in the Court, the Court's overruling of its prior decisions, and congressional proposal of constitutional decisions to override the Court's decisions.

KEY FEATURES

• Examines all major aspects of the Court, from the selection of justices and agenda creation to the decision-making process and the Court’s impact on government and U.S. society
• Tables, figures, boxes, and photos illustrate and illuminate key points
• Glossary of legal terms and case index provides useful reference tools for students.