@article{11486,
  author = {Keith E. Whittington},
  title = {The Politics of the Supreme Court},
  abstract = { <p>In his political history of the Warren Court, Lucas Powe integrates doctrinal analysis with an awareness of political context. Examining the Court as a political institution emphasizes that the Warren Court was not uniquely political. The Supreme Court must always operate within a political environment. Its decisions have political consequences, and broader political and social currents shape the justices{\textquoteright} thinking about constitutional issues. Reconsidering the politics of the Warren Court is particularly useful, however, because of the need to explain how a politically responsive Court may also be an activist Court and how the Warren Court{\textquoteright}s aggressive use of the power of judicial review served the interests and beliefs of national political majorities.</p> },
  year = {2000},
  journal = {Policy Review},
  volume = {102},
  pages = {63-70},
  url = {http://www.hoover.org/research/politics-supreme-court},
  language = {eng},
}