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Author Batchis, Wayne, 1974- author.

Title Throwing the party : how the Supreme Court puts political party organizations ahead of voters / Wayne Batchis, University of Delaware
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages)
Series Cambridge studies on civil rights and civil liberties
Cambridge studies on civil rights and civil liberties.
Contents Introduction -- The Supreme Court's approach to political parties -- The association versus the individual -- Setting the stage -- Primaries and the party in the electorate : the right to vote -- Double standards : organizations over individuals and major over minor parties -- Doubling down on the party organization in service of the major parties -- Party speech through money -- An Ill-fitting party campaign finance jurisprudence -- Parties and the current campaign finance landscape -- Party and equality -- The political question : is there room for equal protection in partisan gerrymandering? -- A potential solution : the party system as a public forum -- Conclusion
Summary "This series is a platform for original scholarship on US civil rights and civil liberties. It produces books on the normative, historical, judicial, political, and sociological contexts for understanding contemporary legislative, jurisprudential, and presidential dilemmas. The aim is to provide experts, teachers, policymakers, students, social activists, and educated citizens with in-depth analyses of theories, existing and past conditions, and constructive ideas for legal advancements"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 27, 2022)
Subject Political parties -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Cases
Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- Cases
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- Cases
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021061955
ISBN 9781009091909
1009091905