Conservative Assault on the Constitution

by Erwin Chemerinsky

Book Overview

Over the last few decades, the Supreme Court and the federal appellate courts have undergone a dramatic shift to the right, the result of a determined effort by right-wing lawmakers and presidents to reinterpret the Constitution by reshaping the judiciary. Conservative activist justices have narrowed the scope of the Constitution, denying its protections to millions of Americans, exactly as the lawmakers who appointed and confirmed these jurists intended...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416574670
• ISBN13: 9781416574675
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"