Justin Crowe
Biographic Data
| ID | 4122127 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Justin Crowe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Justin |
| FAMILY NAME | Crowe |
| SIGNATURE | CROWE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Williams College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Political Radicalism and Pocket Constitutionalism
Whether in their standoff with the Bureau of Land Management or their takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Cliven, Ammon, and Ryan Bundy frequently pledge fidelity to and express reverence for the Constitution. This article examines the Bundys’ constitutional philosophy as an example of “radical constitutional libertarianism”—an ideology that simultaneously seeks the displacement of the basic procedural norms of the political order a…
Response to Maria Popova's review of Building the Judiciary
I thank Maria Popova for her generous, thoughtful, and constructive review of my book and am delighted to hear that despite my exclusively American focus, she finds much of import in my work for scholars of comparative judicial politics. In fact, her breakdown of the potentially generalizable theoretical insights to be drawn from my book was as edifying as it was gratifying. Needless to say, had I been aware of the ways in which some of the empir…
Building the Judiciary
How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance? How did the Supreme Court move from political irrelevance to political centrality? This book uncovers the causes and consequences of judicial institution building in the United States from the commencement of the new government in 1789 through the close of the twentieth century. Explaining why and how the federal judiciary became an …
Building the Judiciary
How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance? How did the Supreme Court move from political irrelevance to political centrality? This book uncovers the causes and consequences of judicial institution building in the United States from the commencement of the new government in 1789 through the close of the twentieth century. Explaining why and how the federal judiciary became an …
A Pilgrimage to the Disneyland of Faith
As part of a course considering “American Democracy in Theory and Practice,” we took 36 students to Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. During that visit, students observed a community that seeks self-sufficiency and yet proves to be simultaneously responsive to and reflective of American democracy more broadly. Specifically, in a few short hours, they were able to see the virtues of civic association, the difficulty of re…
Westward Expansion, Preappointment Politics, and the Making of the Southern Slaveholding Supreme Court
In this article, I trace the historical lineage and dynamic processes leading to the creation of the Southern slaveholding Supreme Court of antebellum America. Supported by case studies of several Jeffersonian and Jacksonian era legislative battles over judicial reform, I argue that the complex, multistage creation of the Southern slaveholding Court—the Court that decided cases such as Prigg v. Pennsylvania, Dred Scott v. Sandford , and Ableman v…
The Forging of Judicial Autonomy
In his first four years as Chief Justice of the United States, William Howard Taft convinced Congress to pass two reform bills that substantially enhanced the power of the federal courts, the Supreme Court, and the Chief Justice. In this article, I explore the causes and the consequences of those reforms. I detail how Taft's political entrepreneurship—specifically the building of reputations, the cultivation of networks, and the pursuit of change…
Where Have You Gone, Sherman Minton? The Decline of the Short-Term Supreme Court Justice
Against the backdrop of a decade-long wait for a Supreme Court vacancy, legal academics from across the political spectrum have recently proposed or supported significant constitutional or statutory reforms designed to limit the terms of Supreme Court justices and increase the pace of turnover at the Court. Fearing a Court that is increasingly out of touch with the national mood and staffed by justices of advanced age, advocates of term and age l…
The Forging of Judicial Autonomy
In his first four years as Chief Justice of the United States, William Howard Taft convinced Congress to pass two reform bills that substantially enhanced the power of the federal courts, the Supreme Court, and the Chief Justice. In this article, I explore the causes and the consequences of those reforms. I detail how Taft's political entrepreneurship—specifically the building of reputations, the cultivation of networks, and the pursuit of change…
Where Have You Gone, Sherman Minton? The Decline of the Short-Term Supreme Court Justice
Against the backdrop of a decade-long wait for a Supreme Court vacancy, legal academics from across the political spectrum have recently proposed or supported significant constitutional or statutory reforms designed to limit the terms of Supreme Court justices and increase the pace of turnover at the Court. Fearing a Court that is increasingly out of touch with the national mood and staffed by justices of advanced age, advocates of term and age l…
A Pilgrimage to the Disneyland of Faith
As part of a course considering “American Democracy in Theory and Practice,” we took 36 students to Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. During that visit, students observed a community that seeks self-sufficiency and yet proves to be simultaneously responsive to and reflective of American democracy more broadly. Specifically, in a few short hours, they were able to see the virtues of civic association, the difficulty of re…
Westward Expansion, Preappointment Politics, and the Making of the Southern Slaveholding Supreme Court
In this article, I trace the historical lineage and dynamic processes leading to the creation of the Southern slaveholding Supreme Court of antebellum America. Supported by case studies of several Jeffersonian and Jacksonian era legislative battles over judicial reform, I argue that the complex, multistage creation of the Southern slaveholding Court—the Court that decided cases such as Prigg v. Pennsylvania, Dred Scott v. Sandford , and Ableman v…
The Forging of Judicial Autonomy
In his first four years as Chief Justice of the United States, William Howard Taft convinced Congress to pass two reform bills that substantially enhanced the power of the federal courts, the Supreme Court, and the Chief Justice. In this article, I explore the causes and the consequences of those reforms. I detail how Taft's political entrepreneurship—specifically the building of reputations, the cultivation of networks, and the pursuit of change…
Where Have You Gone, Sherman Minton? The Decline of the Short-Term Supreme Court Justice
Against the backdrop of a decade-long wait for a Supreme Court vacancy, legal academics from across the political spectrum have recently proposed or supported significant constitutional or statutory reforms designed to limit the terms of Supreme Court justices and increase the pace of turnover at the Court. Fearing a Court that is increasingly out of touch with the national mood and staffed by justices of advanced age, advocates of term and age l…
A Pilgrimage to the Disneyland of Faith
As part of a course considering “American Democracy in Theory and Practice,” we took 36 students to Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. During that visit, students observed a community that seeks self-sufficiency and yet proves to be simultaneously responsive to and reflective of American democracy more broadly. Specifically, in a few short hours, they were able to see the virtues of civic association, the difficulty of re…
Westward Expansion, Preappointment Politics, and the Making of the Southern Slaveholding Supreme Court
In this article, I trace the historical lineage and dynamic processes leading to the creation of the Southern slaveholding Supreme Court of antebellum America. Supported by case studies of several Jeffersonian and Jacksonian era legislative battles over judicial reform, I argue that the complex, multistage creation of the Southern slaveholding Court—the Court that decided cases such as Prigg v. Pennsylvania, Dred Scott v. Sandford , and Ableman v…
Building the Judiciary
How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance? How did the Supreme Court move from political irrelevance to political centrality? This book uncovers the causes and consequences of judicial institution building in the United States from the commencement of the new government in 1789 through the close of the twentieth century. Explaining why and how the federal judiciary became an …
Building the Judiciary
How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance? How did the Supreme Court move from political irrelevance to political centrality? This book uncovers the causes and consequences of judicial institution building in the United States from the commencement of the new government in 1789 through the close of the twentieth century. Explaining why and how the federal judiciary became an …
Response to Maria Popova's review of Building the Judiciary
I thank Maria Popova for her generous, thoughtful, and constructive review of my book and am delighted to hear that despite my exclusively American focus, she finds much of import in my work for scholars of comparative judicial politics. In fact, her breakdown of the potentially generalizable theoretical insights to be drawn from my book was as edifying as it was gratifying. Needless to say, had I been aware of the ways in which some of the empir…
Political Radicalism and Pocket Constitutionalism
Whether in their standoff with the Bureau of Land Management or their takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Cliven, Ammon, and Ryan Bundy frequently pledge fidelity to and express reverence for the Constitution. This article examines the Bundys’ constitutional philosophy as an example of “radical constitutional libertarianism”—an ideology that simultaneously seeks the displacement of the basic procedural norms of the political order a…
Political science (7 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Supreme court (3 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works)