Rationing the Constitution: How Judicial Capacity Shapes Supreme Court DecisionMaking,Used

Rationing the Constitution: How Judicial Capacity Shapes Supreme Court DecisionMaking,Used

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In this groundbreaking analysis of Supreme Court decisionmaking, Andrew Coan explains how judicial caseload shapes the course of American constitutional law and the role of the Court in American society.Compared with the vast machinery surrounding Congress and the president, the Supreme Court is a tiny institution that can resolve only a small fraction of the constitutional issues that arise in any given year. Rationing the Constitution shows that this simple yet frequently ignored fact is essential to understanding how the Supreme Court makes constitutional law.Due to the structural organization of the judiciary and certain widely shared professional norms, the capacity of the Supreme Court to review lowercourt decisions is severely limited. From this fact, Andrew Coan develops a novel and arresting theory of Supreme Court decisionmaking. In deciding cases, the Court must not invite more litigation than it can handle. On many of the most important constitutional questionstouching on federalism, the separation of powers, and individual rightsthis constraint creates a strong pressure to adopt hardedged categorical rules, or defer to the political process, or both.The implications for U.S. constitutional law are profound. Lawyers, academics, and social activists pursuing social reform through the courts must consider whether their goals can be accomplished within the constraints of judicial capacity. Often the answer will be no. The limits of judicial capacity also substantially constrain the Courts much toutedand frequently lamentedpower to overrule democratic majorities. As Rationing the Constitution demonstrates, the Supreme Court is David, not Goliath.

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