The Court as the Final Arbiter of the Constitution: Cooper v. Aaron (1958)

Publication Year
2004

Type

Book Chapter
Abstract

Cooper v. Aaron shows the interaction of judges (including lower court judges), lawyers, and political officials in creating constitutional change. The Supreme Court's own strong pronouncement on judicial supremacy in its Cooper decision came only after the Little Rock desegregation crisis had largely been resolved by other officials and after the president had made plain his own support for judicial supremacy in constitutional interpretation.

Book Title
Creating Constitutional Change: Clashes over Power and Liberty in the Supreme Court
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
City
Charlottesville, VA