Veering right
Subtitle: how the Bush administration subverts the law for conservative causes
By: Charles Tiefer.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
Subjects: Bush, George W. 1946- -- Political and social views; Conservatism -- United States; Constitutional law -- United States; Law -- Political aspects -- United States; Political corruption -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-; United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
Description: "As a former Solicitor of the House of Representatives, Tiefer possesses insight gleaned from decades of no-holds-barred investigations and judicial struggles. His wide-ranging perspective takes into account cultural changes, constitutional issues, partisan and electoral developments, and political personalities. The most exhaustive analysis to date of the Bush administration's real agenda, this book provides a rare insider's view of the strategic, devious, and potentially overpowering ways that presidents make ideological use of the law."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-421) and index.