Judicial Review, Judicial Restraint, Judicial Activism and Rights

[Michael Pugliese]

Nathan Newman>It also reflected the need for the US establishment to compete
with the
Soviet Union ideologically; Apartheid segregation in the South was an
embarassment that most of the national elite was against, so the Court was
not acting in defiance of the elite but as its handmaiden, taking the heat
for decisions where Southern Democratic filibusters would block action - not
a bad reason for the Court to act, but hardly one reflecting non-elite
interests...

Adolph Reed, Jr., "Black Particularity Reconsidered, " and Joan Roelofs,
"The Warren Court and Corporate Capitalism, " both in Telos # 39 back in
'79. Also see new book published by Princeton University Press by Mary
Dudziak, "Cold War Civil Rights, " and the new one by Garry Gerstle, I would
think would be worth a look see.
Michael Pugliese