Taking Back the Constitution

Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law

Mark Tushnet

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Yale University Press
14 July 2020

Jurisprudence & general issues

How the Supreme Court’s move to the right has distorted both logic and the Constitution

What Supreme Court justices do is far more than just “calling balls and strikes.” The Court has never simply evaluated laws and arguments in light of permanent and immutable constitutional meanings. Social, moral, and yes, political ideas have always played into the justices’ impressions of how they think a case should be decided. Mark Tushnet traces the ways constitutional thought has evolved, from the liberalism of the New Deal and the Great Society to the Reagan conservatism that has been dominant since the 1980s. Looking at the current crossroads in the constitutional order, Tushnet explores the possibilities of either a Trumpian entrenchment of the most extreme ideas of the Reagan philosophy, or a dramatic and destabilizing move to the left. Wary of either outcome, he offers a passionate and informed argument for replacing judicial supremacy with popular constitutionalism—a move that would restore to the other branches of government a role in deciding constitutional questions.

By: Mark Tushnet
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9780300245981
ISBN 10: 030024598X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 14 July 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Tushnet is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. His previous books include Why the Constitution Matters and In the Balance: Law and Politics on the Roberts Court.

Reviews for Taking Back the Constitution: Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law

Tushnet persuasively demonstrates how judges' preexisting views influence how they decide cases. He rightly calls for a reinvigoration of the role of Congress and the public in constitutional decision-making. -Caroline Fredrickson, author of The Democracy Fix and Under the Bus Readers will find Mark Tushnet's new book bracing, exhilarating, and (for some) maddening. It is controversial in the best way, providing a framework for specific arguments (like court-packing) that many readers will have encountered but perhaps not considered systematically. -Josh Chafetz, author of Congress's Constitution