Abstract
After defining ‘polarization’ in relation to the Supreme Court as institution, the study conducts a comparative analysis presenting evidence against as well as for polarization in the Court. The chapter argues that the Court is more of a barrier to than a source of polarization in the current American political arena.
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Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803).
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Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972).
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Baze v. Rees, 553 U.S. 35 (2008).
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Glossip v. Gross, 135 S. Ct. 2726 (2015).
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Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. ___ (2018) (Slip Opinion).
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Fiallov. Bell, 430 U. S. 787, 792 (1977).
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Dregger, S. (2020). The US Supreme Court: Source of or Barrier to Polarization?. In: Oswald, M.T. (eds) Mobilization, Representation, and Responsiveness in the American Democracy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24792-8_6
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