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  title info:
    title: Evolving constitutional rights
    sub title: the Roberts Court and criminal justice
  name:
    name part: Smith, Christopher E.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: McCall, Michael A.
    name part: 1965-
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: McCall, Madhavi Michael
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ilu
    date issued: 2025
    copyright date: 2025
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xi, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  abstract: Evolving Constitutional Rights: The Roberts Court and Criminal Justice offers a compelling and in-depth analysis of how the U.S. Supreme Court has reshaped constitutional protections under Chief Justice John Roberts. Authors Christopher E. Smith, Michael A. McCall and Madhavi M. McCall examine the Court’s significant decisions from 2005 to Justice Breyer’s retirement in 2022, revealing a complex judicial landscape where traditional doctrines are revised and fundamental rights are redefined. The Roberts Court played a decisive role in some of the most contentious issues in American law. Due to several justices’ application of originalist interpretations, its rulings have reconfigured key constitutional protections, often in ways that expand the authority of law enforcement while constraining legislative power over criminal statutes. The trajectory of the Court’s conservative supermajority raises pressing questions about the future of constitutional rights. Taking a rigorous yet accessible approach, Evolving Constitutional Rights breaks down the Court’s influence across the full spectrum of criminal justice issues, from sentencing and trial rights to search-and-seizure protections, Miranda warnings and corrections policies. Using both legal and empirical analysis, the authors track patterns in judicial ideology, uncovering how the Roberts Court has not only reinforced conservative principles but also unexpectedly broadened rights in areas such as digital privacy and defense counsel obligations. This timely and insightful book goes beyond historical rulings to offer a forward-looking perspective on the Supreme Court’s role in shaping public safety, legal precedent and the balance of power in American government. Essential reading for legal scholars, policymakers and anyone concerned with the future of constitutional rights, this new volume provides a clear and authoritative examination of the Roberts Court’s lasting impact on American law.
  note: Christopher E. Smith, Michael A. McCall, Madhavi M. McCall.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-274) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: United States.
      name part: Supreme Court
    topic: History
    temporal: 21st century
  subject:
    name:
      name part: United States.
      name part: Supreme Court
    topic: Decision making
  subject:
    topic: Civil rights
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
    temporal: 21st century
  classification: KF8742 .S65 2025
  classification: 347.73/26
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Perspectives on crime and justice (Carbondale, Ill.)
  identifier: 9780809339730
  identifier: 0809339730
  identifier: 9780809339747
  identifier: 0809339749
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    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 250425
    record change date: 20251124163403.1
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