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Right Wing Justice: The Conservative Campaign to Take Over the Courts

by Herman Schwartz

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ISBN13: 9781560255666
ISBN10: 1560255668
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Right Wing Justice raises the alarm about the creeping conservative campaign to "pack" America's courts with judges more identified with their ideological affiliation than their skill or regard for the Constitution. The consequence is that the rule of law is taking a terrific beating from the Supreme Court. Who can forget the debacle of Election 2000? But the consequences of the campaign go far deeper than that, impinging on the daily lives of ordinary Americans who are at the receiving end of attempts to overturn or erode Supreme Court rulings on abortion, school prayer, civil rights, criminal justice, and economic regulation.

As the author shows, the problem does not end at the Supreme Court — it filters down to the lowers courts and circuits. Right Wing Justice gives an alarming account of how this has come to pass over the last two decades, how conservative activists hatched this strategy in the 1960s only to see it really come of age during the Reagan revolution and the successive Republican administrations.

Combining a scholar's sense of history with the immediacy of eyewitness testimony, Right Wing Justice will come not only as a sobering reading to many concerned Americans — but also as a call to wake-up.

Review:

"A measured denunciation....Read and weep — especially because there are few vacancies for a moderate administration to fill, so that for the foreseeable future, 'the judiciary will be permanently titled toward the extreme right.'" Kirkus Reviews

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"There's a hot war going on between President Bush and the Senate Democrats, with the shape and fate of the federal judiciary at stake. In Right Wing Justice renowned legal scholar Herman Schwartz offers the background you need to understand what's happening, and why it matters to you." Tom Wicker, former New York Times columnist, and author of A Time to Die

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"Herman Schwartz, a caustic critic of the of the judges nominated by Presidents Reagan, Bush and George W. Bush, has written a colorful, informative and highly entertaining brief in support of his case. Whatever side you are on, it is well worth the attention of all those interested in the courts." Lloyd Cutler, Counsel to the President, 1979-80, 1994

Synopsis:

Schwartz raises the alarm about the creeping conservative campaign to "pack" America's courts with judges more identified with their ideological affiliation than their skill or regard for the Constitution.

Synopsis:

One of America's most brilliant activist lawyers challenges the conservative judiciary.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781560255666
Subtitle:
The Conservative Campaign to Take Over the Courts
Author:
Schwartz, Herman
Publisher:
Nation Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
Law
Subject:
Conservatism
Subject:
Judicial process
Subject:
Law and politics
Subject:
Courts - Supreme Court
Subject:
Government - U.S. Government
Subject:
Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism
Subject:
HISTORY / Modern/21st Century
Subject:
HIS037080
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Law - Political aspects
Copyright:
Edition Description:
First Trade Pap
Series Volume:
210
Publication Date:
April 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
432
Dimensions:
8.20x5.50x.90 in. .93 lbs.

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