TY - BOOK AU - Gottlieb,Stephen E. TI - Unfit for democracy: the Roberts court and the breakdown of American politics SN - 9780814732434 AV - KF8742 .G684 2016 U1 - 347.7326 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - Roberts, John G., KW - United States KW - Supreme Court KW - Political questions and judicial power KW - Democracy KW - Constitutional law KW - Law KW - ukslc KW - Legal history KW - thema KW - Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law KW - Legal systems: courts & procedure N1 - Previously issued in print: 2016; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Asked if the country was governed by a republic or a monarchy, Benjamin Franklin replied, 'A republic, if you can keep it.' Since its founding, Americans have worked hard to nurture and protect their hard-won democracy. And yet few consider the role of constitutional law in America's survival. Stephen Gottlieb argues that constitutional law without a focus on the future of democratic government is incoherent, illogical and contradictory UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814732427.001.0001 ER -