"Pushback explores the ways in which the minority party in Congress, and the minority political party more generally, can use unpopular decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court to drive a wedge into the majority party coalition"-- Provided by publisher.
" this interdisciplinary book in an interdisciplinary series, Dave Bridge crosses methodological boundaries to offer readers insights on the political "pushƯback" that historically follows Supreme Court rulings with which most Americans disagree. After developing a framework for identifying the Court's rare countermajorƯitarian decisions, Bridge shows how those decisions that liberals backed in the 1950s through the 1970s consistently upset conƯservative 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 hyƯpotheses 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." -- Publisher's description.
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