All Outputs (2)

The Arendtian Dread: courts with power (2017)
Journal Article
Bassok, O. (2017). The Arendtian Dread: courts with power. Ratio Juris, 30(4), 417-432. https://doi.org/10.1111/raju.12186

Hannah Arendt was fearful not only of a populist President speaking in the name of the people and unbound by legality. She was also concerned that the popular will could be harnessed to support those responsible for limiting it. More concretely, she... Read More about The Arendtian Dread: courts with power.

The Supreme Court at the bar of public opinion polls (2016)
Journal Article
Bassok, O. (2016). The Supreme Court at the bar of public opinion polls. Constellations, 23(4), (573-584). doi:10.1111/1467-8675.12211. ISSN 1351-0487

The idea that the American Supreme Court requires public support to function properly is not an inherent timeless truth. It has history. Currently, those who view it as a timeless truth use the famous dictum from The Federalist No. 78 to argue that w... Read More about The Supreme Court at the bar of public opinion polls.