Pushback
The Political Fallout of Unpopular Supreme Court Decisions
Dave Bridge
- 364 pages
- English
- ePUB (adapté aux mobiles)
- Disponible sur iOS et Android
Pushback
The Political Fallout of Unpopular Supreme Court Decisions
Dave Bridge
Ă propos de ce livre
In this interdisciplinary book in an interdisciplinary series, Dave Bridge crosses methodological boundaries to offer readers insights on the political "pushÂback" that historically follows Supreme Court rulings with which most Americans disagree. After developing a framework for identifying the Court's rare countermajorÂitarian decisions, Bridge shows how those decisions that liberals backed in the 1950s through the 1970s consistently upset conÂservative factions in the Democratic Party, which always managed to weather the stormsâthat is until Roe v. Wade in 1973. In Pushback, Bridge offers compelling hyÂpotheses about how the two major parties can use unpopular Supreme Court rulings to shift the political momentum and win elections. He then puts those hypotheses to the test, analyzing the political fallout of recent rulings on controversial issues such as Obamacare, same-sex marriage, and religious liberty.Certain to appeal to anyone interested in American political science and history, Pushback closes with a detailed examiÂnation of the unequivocally countermaÂjoritarian Supreme Court ruling of our lifetimes, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe. For the first time in 50 years, conditions are ripe for a party to win votes by campaignÂing against the will of the Court. UpcomÂing elections will tell if the Republicans overplayed their hand, or if Democrats will play theirs as skillfully as did the GOP after Roe.