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Nixon's court : his challenge to judicial liberalism and its political consequences

Title
Nixon's court : his challenge to judicial liberalism and its political consequences / Kevin J. McMahon.
ISBN
9780226561196 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226561194 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Physical Description
xiii, 343 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 28, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Nixon's victory: oppositional presidents and the cycles of Supreme Court politics
Circa 1968: law, order, and the race for the White House
The fight for the nomination: holding on for a second chance
Running to be 'the One': Nixon, divided democrats, and a chastened court
The politics of desegregation
'Instead of listening to what we say
watch what we do': electoral strategies, practical politics, and Nixon's judicial policy
Leading by following: Nixon, the Court, and the road to school desegregation
The dynamics and difficulties of remaking the Court
The Party of Lincoln's last stand? The GOP divide and the rejection of Nixon's southern strict constructionists (or, How Senate republicans made the court more liberal)
Fifty-three seconds that shaped the Court: Nixon's acceptable southerner and accidental ideologue (or, How liberals made the Court more conservative)
The political and electoral consequences of Supreme Court decisions
Fighting busing, crime, smut, and social disorder in America: strong rhetoric, selective action
Judicial decisions and the ballot box: Nixon's Court and the division of the democratic coalition
Evaluating the conservative counterrevolution through the Nixon/Rehnquist nexus.
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