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  • Conclusion

  • Jacob Eisler, University of Southampton
  • Book:
    The Law of Freedom
    Published online:
    06 July 2023
    Print publication:
    20 July 2023, pp 291-312

  • Summary

    This chapter synthesizes the unifying theme across the different domains by mapping each conflict onto the egalitarian–libertarian debate: does autonomous constituent self-rule demand ensuring that all constituents enjoy a baseline substantive opportunity to contribute to public governance, or require noninterference with the application of private power and constituent preferences (including by powerful or privileged constituents who will enjoy disproportionate practical influence over politics)? The Conclusion also describes the two related trends in current Supreme Court lawmaking that threaten contestation over freedom. There is the threat – most clearly expressed in Bush v. Gore – that purely tribal partisanship will overdetermine election law outcomes and displace rather than frame the debate over freedom. Second, the parallel rise of the use of summary modes of disposition further erodes the opportunities for philosophical engagement by the bench.