LEADER 05121nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910455531003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-77180-1 010 $a9786613682574 010 $a1-84950-562-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000765565 035 $a(EBL)453310 035 $a(OCoLC)609843609 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000398687 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11231890 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000398687 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10374888 035 $a(PQKB)10254480 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC453310 035 $a(PPN)187304246 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL453310 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10310650 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000765565 100 $a20090817d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aStudies in law, politics, and society$b[electronic resource] $hVolume 44$iConstitutional politics in a conservative era $especial issue /$fedited by Austin Sarat 210 $aBingley $cJAI$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in law, politics, and society ;$vv. 44 300 $a"Special issue." 311 $a0-7623-1486-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aSpecial Issue Constitutional Politics in a Conservative Era; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial board; Chapter 1. Understanding the impact and visibility of ideological change on the supreme court; Introduction: Rights, majorities, and Warren Court hangovers; Five do's and don'ts for assessing ideological shift on the court and the impact of judicial rulings on democratic politics; Future directions of the court; Notes; References; Cases cited; Chapter 2. An indifference thesis: Constitutional law and politics in an era of ''conservative domination'' of the judiciary 327 $aIntroduction: An indifference thesis about commentaryHypotheses for locating ''domination'' of the judiciary; Concepts of a ''conservative'' judiciary; The benchmarks: A tangled political and judicial web; Rapanos and ''conservative domination of the judiciary''; Conclusion; Notes; References; Cases cited; Chapter 3. Popular constitutionalism: The new living constitutionalism; The Turn to Popular Constitutionalism; The Progressive Roots of Popular Constitutionalism; Conservative Politics and Contemporary Constitutional Theory 327 $aJudicial Conservatism and the Incongruities of Constitutional DevelopmentLegal Liberalism's Break with the New Deal; Conclusion: A Conservative Era?; Notes; References; Cases cited; Chapter 4. Political regimes and the future of the First Amendment; The influence of political regimes; The Rehnquist Court and the religion clauses; The Rehnquist Court and the non-religion First Amendment cases; Explaining the divergence(s); The conservative First Amendment; Notes; References; Chapter 5. Confirmation obfuscation: Supreme Court confirmation politics in a conservative era; 1. Introduction 327 $a2. The confirmation process in historical perspective: Keeping nominees at a distance3. A new role for senators? Inviting the public into the confirmation process; 4. ''Packing the courts'': Social conservatives adopt a new political strategy; 5. Senate hearings as ''show business'': The modern-day confirmation charade; 6. A public left behind: The confirmation process at the start of the 21st century; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References 327 $aChapter 6. Why Does a Moderate/Conservative Supreme Court in a Conservative Age Expand Gay Rights?: Lawrence v. Texas (2003) in Legal and Political TimeIntroduction; Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992) and Lawrence v. Texas (2003): Principled bi-directional Supreme Court decision making; Social scientists and legal scholars failed to explain (much less predict) the expansion of gay rights; The legitimacy of PBD: A defining fissure On and Off the Supreme Court; Conclusion; Notes; References; Cases cited 330 $aAims to bring together the work of leading scholars of Constitutionalism, Constitutional law, and politics in the United States to take stock of the field to chart its progress, and point the way for its future development. 410 0$aStudies in law, politics, and society ;$vv. 44. 606 $aSociological jurisprudence 606 $aLaw$xPolitical aspects 606 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States 606 $aLaw$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aConservatism$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSociological jurisprudence. 615 0$aLaw$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aConstitutional law 615 0$aLaw$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aConservatism 676 $a342.73 701 $aSarat$b Austin$0254475 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455531003321 996 $aStudies in law, politics, and society$91971666 997 $aUNINA