The U.S. Supreme Court and the Cold War: Fear V. Security. The Times of Vinson Court and Warren Court
- Institution: Jagiellonian University in Kraków
- Year of publication: 2007
- Source: Show
- Pages: 159-173
- DOI Address: http://dx.doi.org/10.15804/ppsy2007010
- PDF: ppsy/36/ppsy2007010.pdf
The main field of my study concerns the role of the Supreme Court in American legal and political system. My research frequently focuses on the case law, especially on some of the most important cases in the Court’s history, and on their in#uence on the whole of political, economic, and social relations of the country. I personally believe that American federal judges – among whom the most in#uential are the Justices of the Supreme Court – have gained more power than the Framers of the Constitution agreed to give them. Such situation occurred mostly because of the creation of the power of judicial review by the Supreme Court, which allowed the judiciary to determine the contitutionality of acts created by the other branches of government.