Ideas with Consequences : The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution.

Cover -- Series -- Ideas with Consequences -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Understanding Federalist Society Network Influence -- Part I The State Exists to Preserve Freedom -- 2 The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms:  Lost and Found -- 3 Judicial Activism, Inc.: The First Amendment, Campaign Finance, and Citizens United -- Part II The Separation of Governmental Powers Is Central to Our Constitution -- 4 Federalism and the Commerce Power: Returning to "First Principles" -- 5 State Sovereignty and the Tenth Amendment: The Anti-Commandeering Doctrine -- Part III It Is Emphatically the Province and Duty of the Judiciary Branch to Say What the Law Is, Not What It Should Be -- 6 Saying What the Law Is: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution -- Epilogue: An Agenda for Future Research: Looking Back, Looking Forward -- Appendix: List of Interviews -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Amanda Hollis-Brusky shows how the Federalist Society serves as the hub of a complex circulatory system and how the ideas it generates have become the lifeblood of the conservative movement.

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