A Court divided
Subtitle: the Rehnquist court and the future of constitutional law
By: Mark Tushnet.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton Co.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Rehnquist, William H., 1924-; United States. Supreme Court; Political questions and judicial power -- United States; Constitutional law -- United States
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: William Rehnquist's court; title: Two kinds of Republicans; title: Clarence Thomas's constitution; title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's equal protection clause; title: Antonin Scalia's First Amendment; title: Anthony Kennedy and gay rights; title: The religious right's agenda : symbols and money; title: Holding the line on abortion; title: Race, affirmative action, and crime; title: The federalism revolution; title: The takings project; title: Big business's constitution; title: A Supreme Court united ?