Nixon's Court : his challenge to judicial liberalism and its political consequences / Kevin J. McMahon.

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2011.

1st edition

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Nixon, Richard M. -- 1913-1994 -- (Richard Milhous), -- Influence.

United States. -- Supreme Court -- History -- 20th century.

Judges -- Selection and appointment -- History -- 20th century -- United States.

United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974.

Chapter 1. Part I. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Part II. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Part III. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Part IV. Chapter 8. Chapter 9. Chapter 10. Nixon's victory : oppositional presidents and the cycles of Supreme Court politics

Circa 1968 : law, order, and the race for the White House

The fight for the nomination : holding on for a second chance

Running to be 'the One' : Nixon, divided democrats, and a chastened court

The politics of desegregation

Instead of listening to what we say . . . watch what we do : electoral strategies, practical politics, and Nixon's judicial policy

Leading by following : Nixon, the Court, and the road to school desegregation

The dynamics and difficulties of remaking the Court

The Party of Lincoln's last stand? The GOP divide and the rejection of Nixon's southern strict constructionists (or, how Senate republicans made the court more liberal)

Fifty-three seconds that shaped the Court : Nixon's acceptable southerner and accidental ideologue (or, how liberals made the Court more conservative)

The political and electoral consequences of Supreme Court decisions

Fighting busing, crime, smut, and social disorder in America : strong rhetoric, selective action

Judicial decisions and the ballot box : Nixon's Court and the division of the democratic coalition

Evaluating the conservative counterrevolution through the Nixon/Rehnquist nexus.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780226561196

xiii, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm