Judicial activism and the American election process

This article analyses thephenomenon ofjudicial activism in theAmerican electoral process. It tries to estimate whether the political system of the United States of America has become hostage tothelaw-making role ofthejudiciary, which actively controls the compliance of election laws with the Constitution, thus drawing courts into purely political processes, or whether the nature of the disputes settled by judges rather makes it impossible for them to avoid being influenced by and influencing issues of a political nature. Thearticle analyses various legal acts and court decisions, mostly concerning the current status of federal campaign finance in the United States, and demonstrates that more spheres traditionally reserved for other branches ofgovernment are being appropriated by the judicial branch.