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Author Reynolds, Glenn H., author

Title The judiciary's class war / Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Published New York : Encounter Books, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Encounter broadsides ; 54
Contents America's new class division -- Our front-row judiciary -- The elite of the elite -- Front row opinions -- Bringing diversity to the judiciary -- A Supreme Court that looks like America
Summary The terms "Front-Row Kids" and "Back-Row Kids," coined by the photographer Chris Arnade, describe the divide between the educated upper middle class, who are staying ahead in today's economy, and the less educated working class, who are doing poorly. The differences in education-and the values associated with elite schooling-have produced a divide in America that is on a par with that of race. The judiciary, requiring a postgraduate degree, is the one branch of government that is reserved for the Front-Row Kids. Correspondingly, since the Warren era, the Supreme Court has basically served as an engine for vindicating Front-Row preferences, from allowing birth control and abortion, to marginalizing religion in the public space, to legislative apportionment and libel law, and beyond. Professor Glenn Reynolds describes this problem in detail and offers some suggestions for making things better
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Subject United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment
SUBJECT United States. Supreme Court fast
Subject Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States
Law -- Social aspects -- United States
Elite (Social sciences) -- United States
Social stratification -- United States
LAW / Civil Procedure
LAW / Legal Services
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Judicial Branch
Elite (Social sciences)
Judges -- Selection and appointment
Law -- Social aspects
Social stratification
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018003721
ISBN 1641770023
9781641770026