The Most Activist Supreme Court in History - The Road to Modern Judicial Conservatism

List of Tables ix Preface xi Introduction: The Supreme Court and Modern Judicial Conservatism 1(16) PART I The Roots of Modern Judicial Conservatism, 1937--1969 The New Deal Revolution and the Reconstruction of Constitutional Law, 1937--1949 17(21) Frankfurter's Failure: The Rise and Decline of Judicial Self-Restraint, 1949--1962 38(29) The Warren Court and Its Critics, 1962--1969 67(40) PART II The Court and the Conservative Turn in American Politics, 1969--1994 The Nixon Court and the Conservative Turn, 1969--1980 107(49) The Reagan Court and the Conservative Ascendance, 1980--1994 156(43) PART III The Rehnquist Court and the Splintering of Judicial Conservatism, 1994--2003 Activism and Restraint on the Rehnquist Court 199(55) Law and Politics on the Rehnquist Court 254(30) Conclusion: Modern Conservatism and Judicial Power 284(13) Notes 297(30) Cases Cited 327(12) References 339(18) Index 357