Taking back the Constitution : activist judges and the next age of American law

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Taking back the Constitution : activist judges and the next age of American law

Title remainder

activist judges and the next age of American law

Statement of responsibility

Mark Tushnet

Creator

• trueTushnet, Mark V., 1945-

Author

• trueTushnet, Mark V., 1945-

Subject

• trueConstitutional law -- United States
• Judicial review -- United States
• Political questions and judicial power -- United States
• United States, Supreme Court

Language

eng

Summary

"The Supreme Court has never simply evaluated laws and arguments in light of permanent and immutable constitutional meanings, and social, moral, and yes, political ideas have always played into Supreme Court justices' impressions of how they think a case should be decided. Mark Tushnet traces the ways constitutional thought has evolved from the liberalism of the New Deal and Great Society to the Reagan conservatism that has been dominant since the 1980s. Looking at the current crossroads in the constitutional order, Tushnet explores the possibilities of either a Trumpian entrenchment of the most extreme ideas of the Reagan philosophy, or a dramatic and destabilizing move to the left. Wary of either outcome, he offers a passionate and informed argument for replacing judicial supremacy with popular constitutionalism-a move that would restore the other branches of government's role in deciding constitutional questions"--Provided by the publisher

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YDX

Index

index present

LC call number

KF8742

LC item number

.T873 2020

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography