(Download Book) Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution Writen - Amanda Hollis-Brusky
Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution
There are few intellectual movements in modern American political history more successful than the Federalist Society. Created in 1982 to counterbalance what its founders considered a liberal legal establishment, the organization gradually evolved into the conservative legal establishment, andmembership is all but required for any conservative lawyer who hopes to enter politics or the judiciary. It claims 40,000 members, including four Supreme Court Justices, dozens of federal judges, and every Republican attorney general since its inception. But its power goes even deeper.In Ideas with Consequences, Amanda Hollis-Brusky provides the first comprehensive account of how the Federalist Society exerts its influence. Drawing from a huge trove of documents, transcripts, and interviews, she explains how the Federalist Society managed to revolutionize the jurisprudence for awide variety of important legal issues. Many of these issues-including the extent of federal government power, the
Product details: Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution
Author : Amanda Hollis-Brusky
Pages : 264 pages
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
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ISBN-10 : 0199385521
ISBN-13 : 9780199385522

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