Scholars Reconstruct Why the Court Reached Its Decision

• Published in: Judging the Supreme Court p. 253
• Main Author: Rountree, Clarke
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States Michigan State University Press 2007
• Subjects: Civil rights; Clastic sedimentary rocks; Congressional legislation; Conservatism; Earth sciences; Election laws; Geography; Geomorphology; Government; Government crises; Government officials; Judges; Judicial officers; Language: reference & general; Law; Legal rights; Legislation; Minority voters; Mudrocks; National politics; Physical sciences; Political elections; Political ideologies; Political organizations; Political parties; Political partisanship; Political philosophy; Political processes; Political science; Politics; Presidential elections; Rocks; Sedimentary rocks; Slates; Statutory law; Supreme Court justices; Vote counting; Vote recounts; Voting; Voting rights

Although agency is central to judicial argument, it is closely connected to, or at least readily implies, purpose . Means are to be related to ends; we adapt particular means to reach particular ends. We may emphasize those ends to suggest that purpose determines means, whereby we seek particular en...