{"product_id":"pushback-the-political-fallout-of-unpopular-supreme-court-decisions-9780826223036","title":"Pushback: The Political Fallout of Unpopular Supreme Court Decisions","description":"In this interdisciplinary book in an interdisciplinary series, Dave Bridge crosses methodological boundaries to offer readers insights on the political \"push­back\" that historically follows Supreme Court rulings with which most Americans disagree. After developing a framework for identifying the Court's rare countermajor­itarian decisions, Bridge shows how those decisions that liberals backed in the 1950s through the 1970s consistently upset con­servative factions in the Democratic Party, which always managed to weather the storms--that is until \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade \u003c\/i\u003ein 1973. In \u003ci\u003ePushback\u003c\/i\u003e, Bridge offers compelling hy­potheses about how the two major parties can use unpopular Supreme Court rulings to shift the political momentum and win elections. He then puts those hypotheses to the test, analyzing the political fallout of recent rulings on controversial issues such as Obamacare, same-sex marriage, and religious liberty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Certain to appeal to anyone interested in American political science and history, \u003ci\u003ePushback \u003c\/i\u003ecloses with a detailed exami­nation of the unequivocally counterma­joritarian Supreme Court ruling of our lifetimes, \u003ci\u003eDobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization\u003c\/i\u003e, which overturned \u003ci\u003eRoe\u003c\/i\u003e. For the first time in 50 years, conditions are ripe for a party to win votes by campaign­ing against the will of the Court. Upcom­ing elections will tell if the Republicans overplayed their hand, or if Democrats will play theirs as skillfully as did the GOP after \u003ci\u003eRoe\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDave Bridge\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Political Science at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He studies Supreme Court politics, focusing on inter-branch dynamics and the relationship between the judiciary and political parties. He received his Ph.D. from University of Southern California and is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eConstitutional Government: The American Experience\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Missouri Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50500668522770,"sku":"9780826223036","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a0f76433-bab0-47b7-b21e-1f197f9c90ee.jpg?v=1730751796","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pushback-the-political-fallout-of-unpopular-supreme-court-decisions-9780826223036","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}