United States Supreme Court's Assault on the Constitution, Democracy, and the Rule of Law

Adam Lamparello is a law professor and attorney who has taught at Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana and Mercer University School of Law in Macon, Georgia.Cynthia Swann is a law professor and attorney who has over twenty years of practice experience in Washington, D.C., and who has taught at the Appalachian School of Law.

Select Guide Rating

• IntroductionPart 1: The Cases that Prohibited the Legislative and Executive Branches from Remedying Inequalities in the Political and Democratic Process1. Citizens United v. FEC2. McCutcheon v. FEC3. Clinton v. New York4. U.S. Term Limits v. ThorntonPart 2: The Cases in which the Court Inappropriately Deferred to the Legislative and Executive Branches5. Chevron, Inc., v. Natural Resources Defense Council6. Korematsu v. U.SPart 3: The Cases that Expanded Judicial Review at the Expense of Democratic Governance7. Griswold v. Connecticut8. Roe v. Wade9. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey10. Lawrence v. Texas11. Obergefell v. HodgesPart 4: The Cases that Weakened Individual Rights and Promoted Inequality12. The Slaughterhouse Cases13. Milliken v. Bradley14. San Antonio School District Rodriguez 15. McClesky v. Kemp16. General Elec. Co. v. Gilbert 17. Kelo v. City of New LondonPart 5: The Cases that Encroached on State Authority and Individual Autonomy18. Lochner v. New York19. Wickard v. Filburn20. Important Cases that Did Not Make the List Part 5: The Landmark cases that Strengthened Democracy, Promoted Federalism and the Rule of Law, and Preserved the Court’s Institutional Legitimacy21. Brown v. Board of Education22. Washington v. Glucksberg23. Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce24. United States v. Nixon25. United States v. Lopez26. Texas v. Johnson27. Gideon v. WainwrightPart 6: An Interpretive Theory that Promotes Federal, Separation of Powers, and Principled Judicial Review28. Is Democracy a Good Thing? The Arguments – and the Practicalities29. Foundational Principles for A Pro-Democracy and Process-Oriented Jurisprudence 30. Applying the Foundational Principles To the "Worst" Supreme Court Decisions and Arriving At Non-Ideological, Process-Oriented, and Pro-Democracy OutcomesConcluding Thoughts