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Zusatztext Using rich archival research and interviews with legal elites, Amanda Hollis-Brusky sheds needed light on the Federalist Society. Her analysis shows how it not only helped organize the conservative legal movement but also affected the language and direction of key judicial decisions. The result is a convincing argument that hte ideas formed in the Federalist Society have had, and continue to have, serious consequences. Informationen zum Autor Amanda Hollis-Brusky is Associate Professor of Politics at Pomona College, where she teaches courses in constitutional law, legal institutions, and American politics. An award-winning teacher and sought-after lecturer and commentator on Supreme Court politics, she has written on the conservative legal movement, Originalism, executive power and the Christian Right. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Law and Society Review, Law and Social Inquiry, and Law and Policy. Klappentext Now in paperback and updated with a new preface, Ideas with Consequences shows how the Federalist Society serves as the hub of a complex circulatory system and how the ideas it generates have become the lifeblood of the conservative movement. Zusammenfassung Now in paperback and updated with a new preface, Ideas with Consequences shows how the Federalist Society serves as the hub of a complex circulatory system and how the ideas it generates have become the lifeblood of the conservative movement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Understanding Federalist Society Network Influence Part I: The State Exists to Preserve Freedom 2. The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms: Lost and Found 3. Judicial Activism, Inc.: The First Amendment, Campaign Finance, and Citizens United Part II: The Separation of Governmental Powers Is Central to Our Constitution 4. Federalism and the Commerce Power: Returning to "First Principles" 5. State Sovereignty and the Tenth Amendment: The Anti-Commandeering Doctrine Part III: It Is Emphatically the Province and Duty of the Judiciary Branch to Say What the Law Is, Not What It Should Be 6. Saying What the Law Is: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution Appendix A - An Agenda for Future Research: Looking Back, Looking Forward Appendix B - List of Interviews References Index ...
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Now in paperback and updated with a new preface, Ideas with Consequences shows how the Federalist Society serves as the hub of a complex circulatory system and how the ideas it generates have become the lifeblood of the conservative movement.
