Gregory Elinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6544103 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gregory Elinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gregory |
| FAMILY NAME | Elinson |
| SIGNATURE | ELINSON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Court of Appeal |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Partisan Teamsmanship and American Constitutionalism
It is often suggested that, in a constitutional democracy like that of the United States, doing law is distinct from doing politics, and so judges ought to put aside their partisan interests when rendering decisions. This review essay contests this view on two fronts. Bringing together Mark Graber’s Punish Treason and Reward Loyalty: The Forgotten Goals of Constitutional Reform after the Civil War and Laura Kalman’s FDR’s Gambit: The Court-Packin…
Judicial Partisanship and the Slaughterhouse Cases
Scholars of judicial behavior have persuasively demonstrated that parties profoundly influence the elaboration of judicial doctrine, but have paid more limited attention to understanding how courts can transform the content of party agendas. In this article, I argue that judges can work to deliberately define the issue positions adopted by the political parties with which they are affiliated. I contend that judges can, like other political actors…
Anatomy of Judicial Backlash
Exploiting a range of archival materials, we argue that state-level variation in judicial backlash to Brown was as much the result of strategic choices by southern political elites as it was the ingrained prejudices of the region's white voters. Presenting case studies of massive resistance in Mississippi, Louisiana, Virginia, and Arkansas, we show that elite agency profoundly shaped the patchwork development of grassroots resistance to integrati…
Anatomy of Judicial Backlash
Exploiting a range of archival materials, we argue that state-level variation in judicial backlash to Brown was as much the result of strategic choices by southern political elites as it was the ingrained prejudices of the region's white voters. Presenting case studies of massive resistance in Mississippi, Louisiana, Virginia, and Arkansas, we show that elite agency profoundly shaped the patchwork development of grassroots resistance to integrati…
Judicial Partisanship and the Slaughterhouse Cases
Scholars of judicial behavior have persuasively demonstrated that parties profoundly influence the elaboration of judicial doctrine, but have paid more limited attention to understanding how courts can transform the content of party agendas. In this article, I argue that judges can work to deliberately define the issue positions adopted by the political parties with which they are affiliated. I contend that judges can, like other political actors…
Anatomy of Judicial Backlash
Exploiting a range of archival materials, we argue that state-level variation in judicial backlash to Brown was as much the result of strategic choices by southern political elites as it was the ingrained prejudices of the region's white voters. Presenting case studies of massive resistance in Mississippi, Louisiana, Virginia, and Arkansas, we show that elite agency profoundly shaped the patchwork development of grassroots resistance to integrati…
Partisan Teamsmanship and American Constitutionalism
It is often suggested that, in a constitutional democracy like that of the United States, doing law is distinct from doing politics, and so judges ought to put aside their partisan interests when rendering decisions. This review essay contests this view on two fronts. Bringing together Mark Graber’s Punish Treason and Reward Loyalty: The Forgotten Goals of Constitutional Reform after the Civil War and Laura Kalman’s FDR’s Gambit: The Court-Packin…
Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Legal and Constitutional Studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work) · Backlash (1 work)