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Superintending Democracy

As a provocative study of the intersection between law and politics, it considers whether the nation’s highest court, as an inherently undemocratic and “counter-majoritarian” political institution, should enter the so-called “political thicket” and decide legal disputes concerning political corruption, campaign finance, political parties, patronage, and redistricting. Because there are few books on the U.S. Supreme Court and its impact on American electoral politics, Superintending Democracy is a welcome addition to social science and legal scholarship. It is a book for political scientists, legal scholars, and students who are interested in learning about American politics, constitutional law, or the political nexus between law and courts.

Christopher P. Banks is associate professor of political science at The University of Akron. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law. He is a member of the American Political Science Association. He is also the author of Judicial Politics in the D.C. Circuit Court.

John C. Green is professor of political science and director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at The University of Akron. He is a graduate of Cornell University with a Ph.D. in political science. He has previously edited Financing the 1996 Election and The State of Parties: The Changing Contemporary Role of Contemporary American Parties.