"U.S. Supreme Court."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-379) and index.

Superintending democracy / Christopher P. Banks and John C. Green -- The United States Supreme Court's response to American political corruption: the failure of Constitutional law or the success of Republican liberty? / Christopher P. Banks -- A legal strategy for challenging Buckley v. Valeo / Jon C. Bonifaz, Gregory G. Luke, and Brenda Wright -- Dollars and sense: in praise of Buckley v. Valeo / Joel M. Gora -- The role of disclosure in campaign finance reform / Trevor Potter -- Splitting the difference: the Supreme Court's search for the middle ground in racial gerrymandering cases / Barbara Perry -- The right to party: the United States Supreme Court and contemporary political parties / John C. Green -- The United States Supreme Court as an obstacle to political reform: the weak constitutional justification for the two-party system / David K. Ryden -- Ironies abound in the United States Supreme Court's rulings limiting political patronage / David M. O'Brien -- Whitewater, Iran-Contra, and the limits of the law / Katy J. Harriger -- The influence of the NAACP legal defense fund on the United States Supreme Court's decision making in minority voting rights law / Steven C. Tauber -- "A December storm over the U.S. Supreme Court": Bush v. Gore and superintending democracy / Christopher P. Banks -- Appendix. Summaries of key cases. Buckley v. Valeo (1976) ; Timmons v. Twin Cities area New Party (1997) -- Elrod v. Burns (1976) ; Shaw v. Reno I (1993) ; Bush v. Gore (2000).