In Democracy in America, de Tocqueville observed that there is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one. Two hundred years of American history have certainly born out the truth of this remark. Whether a controversy is political, economic, or social, whether it focuses on child labor, prayer in public schools, war powers, busing, abortion, business monopolies, or capital punishment, eventually the battle is
William M. Wiecek Boeken
William M. Wiecek is de Chester Adgate Congdon Professor of Public Law and Legislation Emeritus aan de Syracuse University College of Law.
