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Article: The Center Holds: The Power Struggle Inside the Rehnquist Court.
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- December 1, 1995
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James F. Simon Simon & Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10010. 384 pp., $245.
Reviewed by Erwin Chemerinsky
In the 1980s and early 1990s, two Republican presidents, Ronald Reagan and George Bush, sought to move constitutional law in a conservative direction through their appointments to the Supreme Court. More than at any time since the era of Franklin Roosevelt's appointments in the 1930s, ideology was openly used as a criterion in selection.
New York Law School Professor James Simon's new book assesses the impact of the justices Reagan and Bush appointed and considers the extent to which there has been a conservative revolution in ...