Pushback : The Political Fallout of Unpopular Supreme Court Decisions PDF
by Bridge Dave Bridge
Part of the Studies in Constitutional Democracy series
Description
In this interdisciplinary book in an interdisciplinary series, Dave Bridge crosses methodological boundaries to offer readers insights on the political "push-back" that historically follows Supreme Court rulings with which most Americans disagree. After developing a framework for identifying the Court's rare countermajor-itarian decisions, Bridge shows how those decisions that liberals backed in the 1950s through the 1970s consistently upset con-servative factions in the Democratic Party, which always managed to weather the storms-that is until Roe v. Wade in 1973. In Pushback, Bridge offers compelling hy-potheses 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 examination of the unequivocally countermajoritarian 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 campaigning against the will of the Court. Upcoming elections will tell if the Republicans overplayed their hand, or if Democrats will play theirs as skillfully as did the GOP after Roe.
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- Pages:364 pages
- Publisher:University of Missouri Press
- Publication Date:22/03/2024
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- ISBN:9780826274984
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:364 pages
- Publisher:University of Missouri Press
- Publication Date:22/03/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9780826274984
