Title: A court divided : the Rehnquist court and the future of constitutional law /
Authors: Tushnet, Mark V., 1945-
Publisher: W.W. Norton,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Rehnquist, William H.,; Rehnquist, William H.,; United States.; Political questions and judicial power United States.; Constitutional law United States
Abstract: "The dramas of the Court - both intellectual and personal - have turned on and determined the most important cases of our time: gay rights, abortion, affirmative action, crime, hate speech, advertising, and big business. They have resulted in the undoing of legislation that characterized the New Deal and had seemed unassailable for a half-century. Here, Mark Tushnet both provides a clear and accessible history of the nation's last half-century under the rule of law and shows why the next half-century and more depends on the next Court appointments."--Jacket.
Contents: William Rehnquist's court -- Two kinds of Republicans -- Clarence Thomas's constitution -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg's equal protection clause -- Antonin Scalia's First Amendment -- Anthony Kennedy and gay rights -- The religious right's agenda : symbols and money -- Holding the line on abortion -- Race, affirmative action, and crime -- The federalism revolution -- The takings project -- Big business's constitution -- A Supreme Court united?