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The Supreme Court and the protection of minority rights: an empirical examination of racial discrimination cases.

The writer presents an empirical examination of racial discrimination case in the U.S. Supreme Court since 1954. She utilizes two improved methods of replicating this issue, known as the bulwark thesis and the majoritarian approach. She finds some support for the basic bulwark prediction over majo...

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Published in:Law & Society Review Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 291 - 314
Main Author: Romero, Francine Sanders
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2000
Subjects:
Judicial process
Civil rights
Race discrimination lawsuits
Statutory interpretation
Constitutional law
United States
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The writer presents an empirical examination of racial discrimination case in the U.S. Supreme Court since 1954. She utilizes two improved methods of replicating this issue, known as the bulwark thesis and the majoritarian approach. She finds some support for the basic bulwark prediction over majoritarianism, although the bulwark thesis fails to receive full support because the ideologies of the Justices also exert a significant influence on outcomes.