Overturned: The Rhetoric of Overruling in the United States Supreme Court

by Clarke Rountree

Overview

A timely and lively summary and analysis of the Supreme Court’s justifications for overruling nearly 300 prior rulings in its history

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780817395384
Publisher:	University of Alabama Press
Publication date:	12/17/2024
Series:	Rhetoric, Law, and the Humanities
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Clarke Rountree is professor emeritus in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is editor of Venomous Speech: Problems with American Political Discourse on the Right and Left and editor of the University of Alabama Press’s Rhetoric, Law, and Humanities series.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Judicial Rhetoric and Overruling in the US Supreme Court

Chapter 2 Stare Decisis and Overruling in the US Supreme Court

Chapter 3 Overruling in the Nineteenth Century: Maritime and Money

Chapter 4 Overruling Statutory Interpretations: Jurisdiction, Patents, and Civil Rights

Chapter 5 Justifying the "Switch in Time That Saved Nine": The Supreme Court's About-Face Following FDR's Court-Packing Threat

Chapter 6 Expanding Civil Rights and Challenging States' Authority: Fourteenth Amendment Overruling Cases

Chapter 7 Dobbs v. Jackson and the Decline of Stare Decisis in the Roberts Court

Appendix A: US Supreme Court Overruling and Overruled Cases

Appendix B: Cases Excluded from Overruling List

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Editorial Reviews

“This book does not disappoint. . . . This is an important and relevant work.” —Trevor Parry-Giles is author or coauthor of many titles, including The Character of Justice: Rhetoric, Law, and Politics in the Supreme Court Confirmation Process.

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