1. Can Bush Deliver a Conservative Supreme Court?
- Author
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Rosen, Jeffrey
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CONSERVATIVES , *JUDGES , *COURT personnel , *LIBERALS , *POLITICAL affiliation , *LIBERALISM , *SOCIAL constructionism , *CONSTRUCTIVISM (Psychology) - Abstract
Considers U.S. President George W. Bush's promise to appoint so-called strict constructionists to the Supreme Court. Fears of liberals; Significance of Bush's appointment of Alberto Gonzales as attorney general; Observation that three other Republican presidents largely failed in their efforts to appoint strict constructionists; Reasons why Bush may do better than his predecessors; Views of political analysts; Background on President Richard Nixon's appointments; Background on the Supreme Court; Suggestion that the federalism revolution has not delivered what conservatives hoped; Dangers of an administration imposing its vision on the court.
- Published
- 2004