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SCOTUS 2020

Major Decisions and Developments of the U.S. Supreme Court

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Editors:
  1. Morgan Marietta

    1. Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, USA

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  • Offers a big-picture overview of the key cases of the Supreme Court's 2020 term
  • Explains each ruling in a manner accessible to students, scholars, and general readers without deep background in constitutional law
  • Considers the political ramifications of the major rulings for public policy, the constitutional debate, or partisan politics

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: The 2019–2020 Term at the Supreme Court

    • Morgan Marietta
    Pages 1-24

  3. Bostock v. Clayton County on LGBT Employment Discrimination

    • Julie Novkov
    Pages 25-35

  4. Chiafalo v. Washington on Faithless Electors

    • Justin Dyer, Erin Hawley
    Pages 37-46

  5. Department of Homeland Security v. University of California on DACA

    • John C. Eastman
    Pages 47-56

  6. Espinoza, Lady of Guadalupe, and Little Sisters of the Poor on Religious Liberty

    • Kevin Pybas
    Pages 57-67

  7. Hernández v. Mesa on Rights and Restitution for Victims of Excessive Force at the Border

    • Paul M. Collins Jr., Rebecca Hamlin
    Pages 69-78

  8. June Medical Services v. Russo on State Regulation of Abortion Clinics

    • Gerald N. Rosenberg
    Pages 79-89

  9. Kahler v. Kansas on the Insanity Defense

    • Julia Bess Frank, Mark A. Graber
    Pages 91-99

  10. Kelly v. US on Public Fraud and the Bridgegate Controversy

    • Jennifer Bowie
    Pages 101-109

  11. McGirt v. Oklahoma on Native Rights

    • Carol Nackenoff, Natasha Markov-Riss
    Pages 111-120

  12. New York State Rifle & Pistol v. City of New York on Gun Regulation

    • Austin Sarat
    Pages 121-130

  13. Ramos v. Louisiana on Unanimous Juries

    • David Klein
    Pages 131-140

  14. Seila Law v. Consumer Finance Protection Bureau on Separation of Powers

    • Howard Schweber
    Pages 141-150

  15. Trump v. Mazars and Trump v. Vance on Presidential Subpoenas

    • Cornell Clayton, Joseph Bolton
    Pages 151-161

  16. Ideology and the Court’s Work

    • Lawrence Baum
    Pages 163-172

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 173-176
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About this book

Each year, the Supreme Court of the United States announces new rulings with deep consequences for our lives. This third volume in Palgrave’s SCOTUS series describes, explains, and contextualizes the landmark cases of the US Supreme Court in the term ending 2020. With a close look at cases involving key issues and debates in American politics and society, SCOTUS 2020 tackles the Court’s rulings on LGBT discrimination, abortion regulation, subpoenas of the Trump administration, the Electoral College, DACA and presidential power, Native rights, cross-border rights, the Second Amendment, church and state, separation of powers, criminal justice, and more. Written by notable scholars in political science and law, the chapters in SCOTUS 2020 present the details of each ruling, its meaning for constitutional debate, and its impact on public policy or partisan politics. Finally, SCOTUS 2020 offers an analysis of the current state of ideological and interpretive divisions on the Court.

Reviews

“SCOTUS 2020: Major Decisions and Developments of the U.S. Supreme Court offers an evenhanded, thoughtful overview of the Supreme Court’s October 2019 Term. … SCOTUS 2020 is accessible to nonlawyers and useful either as a pedagogical tool for learning about the Court, or for readers wanting a recap of the Term without wading through the opinions in all 16 cases it considers.” (Donald A. Daugherty, The Federalist Society Review, Vol. 22, 2021)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, USA

    Morgan Marietta

About the editor

Morgan Marietta is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: SCOTUS 2020

  • Book Subtitle: Major Decisions and Developments of the U.S. Supreme Court

  • Editors: Morgan Marietta

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53851-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53850-7Published: 08 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53851-4Published: 07 November 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 176

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Political Science, Constitutional Law, Governance and Government

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