| Contents |
Nixon's victory : oppositional presidents and the cycles of Supreme Court politics -- Part I. 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 -- Part II. 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 -- Part III 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) -- Part IV. 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. |
