Neoconservative politics and the Supreme Court : law, power, and democracy / Stephen M. Feldman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Machine generated contents note: 1. Reagan, Cross-Pollination, and Neoconservatism: An Introduction -- 2. From Republican to Pluralist Democracy -- Republican Democracy -- Practice of Pluralist Democracy -- Theory of Pluralist Democracy -- 3. Pluralist Democracy: Dissent and Evolution -- Emigre Dissenter: Leo Strauss -- Evolution of Pluralist Democracy -- Mass-Consumer Culture and Democracy -- Proliferation of Interest Groups -- Interest Group Sclerosis -- 4. On Neoconservatism -- Rise of the Neocons -- Neoconservative Principles and Policies -- Inherent Instability of Pluralist (Liberal) Democracy -- Attack on Relativism -- Resuscitating Republican Democracy -- Neoconservative Domestic Policy -- Neoconservative Foreign Policy -- Neoconservative Constitutional Theory -- Neoconservative Successes and Failures -- 5. Supreme Court and Neoconservatism -- Congressional Power Cases -- Equal Protection Cases -- First Amendment Cases -- Free Expression and Education -- Free Expression and Religion -- Establishment Clause -- Counterfactual Cases -- Substantive Due Process -- Foreign Policy -- Campaign Finance -- 6. Supreme Court in the Future -- Neocons Empowered -- What's a Progressive to Do?

In this concise, timely book, constitutional law expert Stephen M. Feldman draws on neoconservative writings to explore the rise of the neocons and their influence on the Supreme Court. Neocons burst onto the political scene in the early 1980s via their assault on pluralist democracy's ethical relativism, where no pre-existing or higher principles limit the agendas of interest groups. Instead, they advocated for a resurrection of republican democracy, which declares that virtuous citizens and officials pursue the common good. Yet despite their original goals, neocons quickly became an interest.

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