The Next 25 Years The New Supreme Court and What it Means for Americans

by Garbus, Martin

• ISBN13: 9781583227329
• ISBN10: 1583227326
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-06
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Summary

In The NextA 25 Years, renowned First Amendment lawyer Martin Garbus, looks to the changing of the guard in the country's highest court, presciently examining its impact on the future of our Republic. Drawing upon extensive knowledge of Constitutional law and legal precedents, Garbus, one of our most astute legal historians, defrocks the Bush administration's grip over the judiciary as an extension of its own executive powers. Looking to the gains of the New Deal and the civil rights era that ushered in a wave of social protections, expanding civil liberty and redressing legal inequalities that were first struck down with the Reconstruction Amendments, Garbus warns of the threat of an incoming "textualist" bench that wishes to roll back more than a century's worth of hard-won reforms. As the end of the Rehnquist court draws near and upon the announcement of John Roberts as new Supreme Court Justice, Garbus presents a clear-eyed first account of how the coming bench may imperil the "living constitution" and endanger the liberties of a generation. Named by Time magazine as "legendarya? one of the best trial lawyers in the country," Martin Garbus has appeared before the United States Supreme Court and the highest courts throughout the nation. Newsweek, National Law Journal, and others cite Garbus as "America's most prominent First Amendment lawyer."

Author Biography

MARTIN GARBUS has appeared before the United States Supreme Court and the highest courts throughout the nation. He is the subject of the HBO documentary Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The President against the People	p. 31
The States against the Federal Government	p. 61
The Federal Government against the People	p. 137
State Religion against the People	p. 185
Conclusion: Seventy-Five Years of Uncompassionate Conservatism	p. 201
Notes	p. 227
Index	p. 231
About the Author	p. 245
About Seven Stories Press	p. 246
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