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Book SynopsisMost analysts have deemed Richard Nixon's challenge to the judicial liberalism of the Warren Supreme Court a failure, a counterrevolution that wasn't. This title reveals a Nixon whose public rhetoric was more conservative than his administration's actions and whose policy toward the Court was more subtle than previously recognized.
Trade Review"This book is fascinating, original, and important. It adds a rich case study to the literature that claims politicians use courts to advance their electoral and policy aims. McMahon deploys multiple sources of evidence to reveal how Nixon shifted the Supreme Court to the right on school desegregation and law and order as a successful electoral strategy, bringing white southerners and ethnic Catholics into the Republican fold and profoundly reshaping American politics." (Terri Peretti, Santa Clara University)"
