[PDF] Neoconservative Politics And The Supreme Court eBook

Author : Stephen M. Feldman
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 17,67 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 0814764665

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In this concise, timely book, constitutional law expert Stephen M. Feldman draws on neoconservative writings to explore the rise of the neocons and their influence on the Supreme Court. Neocons burst onto the political scene in the early 1980s via their assault on pluralist democracy’s ethical relativism, where no pre-existing or higher principles limit the agendas of interest groups. Instead, they advocated for a resurrection of republican democracy, which declares that virtuous citizens and officials pursue the common good. Yet despite their original goals, neocons quickly became an interest group themselves, competing successfully within the pluralist democratic arena. When the political winds shifted in 2008, however, neocons found themselves shorn of power in Congress and the executive branch. But portentously, they still controlled the Supreme Court. Neoconservative Politics and the Supreme Court explains how and why the neoconservatives criticized but operated within pluralist democracy, and, most important, what the entrenchment of neocons on the Supreme Court means for present and future politics and law.

Author : Patrick J. Buchanan
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 18,93 MB
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1429902426

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American Empire is at its apex. We are the sole superpower with no potential challenger for a generation. We can reach any point on the globe with our cruise missiles and smart bombs and our culture penetrates every nook and cranny of the global village. Yet we are now the most hated country on earth, buried beneath a mountain of debt and morally bankrupt. Where the Right Went Wrong chronicles how the Bush administration and Beltway conservatives have abandoned their principles, and how a tiny cabal hijacked U. S. foreign policy, and may have ignited a "war of civilizations" with the Islamic world that will leave America's military mired down in Middle East wars for years to come. At the same time, these Republicans have sacrificed the American worker on the altar of free trade and discarded the beliefs of Taft, Goldwater and Reagan to become a party of Big Government that sells its soul to the highest bidder. A damning portrait of the present masters of the GOP, Where the Right Went Wrong calls to task the Bush administration for its abandonment of true conservatism including: - The neo-conservative cabal-liberal wolves in conservative suits. - Why the Iraq War has widened and imperiled the War on Terror. - How current trade policy outsources American sovereignty, independence and industrial power.

Author : Richard Pacelle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,69 MB
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429975511

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When the Supreme Court's effectively decided the presidential election of 2000, it decision illustrated a classic question in American politics: what is the appropriate role for the Supreme Court? The dilemma is between judicial activism, the Court's willingness to make significant changes in public policy, and judicial restraint, the Court's willingness to confine the use and extent of its power. While the Framers of the Constitution felt that the judiciary would be the "least dangerous branch" of government, many have come to the conclusion that courts govern America, a notion at odds with democratic government.Richard Pacelle traces the historical ebb and flow of the Court's role in the critical issues of American politics: slavery, free speech, religion, abortion, and affirmative action. Pacelle examines the arguments for judicial restraint, including that unelected judges making policy runs against democratic principles, and the arguments for judicial activism, including the important role the court has played as a protector of minority rights. Pacelle suggests that there needs to be a balance between judicial activism and restraint in light of the constraints on the institution and its power. Stimulating and sure to generate discussion, The Supreme Court in American Politics is a concise supplemental text for American Government and Judicial Politics course.

Author : Mark Silverstein
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,79 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Judges
ISBN : 9780393930443

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Traces the increasing contentiousness and publicity surrounding the confirmation of nominees to the Supreme Court and argues that such changes are the result of trends in the political process, the expansion of judicial power, and changes in the Senate.

Author : Grant F. Smith
Publisher : Institute for Research
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 25,35 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN :

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Smith reviews the consequences of unchecked law-breaking by core members of the "neoconservative movement" such as Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Douglas Feith, and Frank Gaffney. He unveils a pro-forma indictment about how "noble lies" turned into wire fraud, influence peddling morphed into extortion, lobbying and "networking" into espionage.

Author : Daniel Lazare
Publisher : Verso
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,88 MB
Release : 2001-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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Not only will breakdowns like the one that occurred in November 2000 grow more frequent, they will grow more serious as well."--Jacket.

Author : William Lasser
Publisher :
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 22,86 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Law
ISBN :

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Limits of Judicial Power: The Supreme Court in American Politics

Author : Richard L Pacelle
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,61 MB
Release : 1991-11-24
Category : Law
ISBN :

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An exploration of the institutional judicial activism of the US Supreme Court through the dramatic changes in its agenda, as it has evolved from 1933 to the present. Once dominated by economic issues, the agenda is now populated largely by cases involving individual rights and liberties.