Abstract
Foreword to the Second EditionLee Epstein Preface 1. The U.S. Supreme Court, The Electoral Process, and the Quest for Representation: An OverviewDavid K. Ryden Part I: The Judicial Search for Electoral Representation 2. Representation Rights and the Rehnquist Years: The Viability of the Communities of Interest ApproachNancy Maveety 3. Vote Dilution, Party Dilution, and the Voting Rights Act: The Search for Fair and Effective RepresentationHoward A. Scarrow 4. Districting and the Meanings of Pluralism: The Court's Futile Search for Standards in Kiryas JoelStephen E. Gottlieb Part II: Political Parties: The Key to, Or the Scourge of, Representation? 5. Back to the Future: The Enduring Dilemmas Revealed in the Supreme Court's Treatment of Political PartiesMichael A. Fitts 6. Partisan Autonomy of State Regulatory Authority? The Court as MediatorPaul R. Petterson 7. The Supreme Court's Patronage Decisions and the Theory and Practice of PoliticsCynthia Grant Brown Part III: The Court and Political Reform: Friend or Foe? 8. Entrenching the Two-Party System: The Supreme Court's Fusion DecisionDouglas J. Amy 9. To Curb Parties or to Court Them? Seeking a Constitutional Framework for Campaign Finance ReformDavid K. Ryden 10. Plebiscites and Minority Rights: A Contrarian ViewBradley A. Smith Part IV: Out of the Shadows: Bush v. Gore, the Court, and the Selection of a President 11. Bush v. Gore Typifies the Rehnquist Court's Hostility to VotersStephen E. Gottlieb 12. An Agnostic Assessment of the 2000 Presidential ElectionMark E. Rush 13. What Bush v. Gore Does and Does Not Tell Us about the Supreme Court and Electoral PoliticsDavid K. Ryden 14. The Imperiousness of Bush v. Gore Jeff Polet Part V: The Court, the Constitution, and Election Law: Merging Practice and Theory 15. The Supreme Court Has No Theory of Politics -- and Be Thankful for Small FavorsDaniel H. Lowenstein 16. The Supreme Court as Architect of Election Law: Summing Up, Looking AheadDavid K. Ryden BibliographyTable of CasesIndex
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