Conservatives and the Court: What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been

• In Event: Conservatism and the Courts

Brief Overview

This paper assesses the Republican Party’s politicization of federal courts over the past fifty years, New Right efforts to dislodge New Deal and Warren Court constitutional structures, and the uncertain political context of the Court going forward.

Authors

• J. Mitchell Mitchell Pickerill, Northern Illinois University

• Cornell Clayton, Washington State University