The conservative assault on the constitution
By: Erwin Chemerinsky
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781416574682; 9781451606355
Description: "The first step in reclaiming the protections of the Constitution, says Chemerinsky, is to recognize that right-wing justices are imposing their personal prejudices, not making neutral decisions about the scope of the Constitution, as they claim, or following the 'original meaning' of the Constitution."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Separate and unequal schools; title: The imperious presidency; title: The assault on the wall separating church and state; title: The vanishing rights of criminal defendants; title: The erosion of individual liberties; title: Closing the courthouse doors.