Race Against the Court: The Supreme Court and Minorities in Contemporary America Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Pt. 1	Veiled Majoritarianism
1	The Traditional Model of Judicial Review	9
	The Traditional Model	10
	Formal Safeguards	14
	Operational Safeguards	17
2	The Majoritarian Court	19
	The Socialized Judiciary	20
	Inadequacy of the Formal Safeguards	23
	Inadequacy of the Operational Safeguards	26
3	Infiltration of Principles	27
	Incorporation of Majoritarian Preferences	27
	Incorporation through Deference	31
4	Selection of Principles	36
	Intent v. Effects	37
	State Action v. Private Autonomy	41
	Discrimination v. Discretion	50
5	Application of Principles	58
	Intent	60
	State Action	66
	Discrimination	70
Pt. 2	Perpetuating Subordination
6	The Political Alternative	85
	Pure Politics	86
	Minority Influence in Pluralist Politics	89
	Minority Frustrations in the Supreme Court	94
	A Political Model of the Supreme Court	99
7	Dependency	104
	Brown and the Political Model	105
	The Danger of Dependency	110
8	Centralization	119
	The Statistical Nature of Affirmative Action	120
	The Centralization of Affirmative Action	124
	The Concrete Dangers of Centralization	130
	The Subtle Dangers of Centralization	136
9	Legitimation	150
	Majoritarian Legitimation	151
	The Danger of Legitimation	159
10	Summary and Conclusion	161
	Summary of Part I	162
	Summary of Part II	165
	Conclusion	169
	Notes	173
	Bibliography	231
	Table of Legal Authorities	245
	Index	253