Title Judicial review and American conservatism : Christianity, public education, and the federal courts in the Reagan era / Robert Daniel Rubin

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Cambridge historical studies in American law and society Cambridge historical studies in American law and society. Contents Conservatism and the constitution -- Massive resistance -- The moral majority of Alabamians -- Justice made political -- Accommodation -- Showdown -- The trouble with secularism -- Religion by any other name -- The constitution and the people Summary The Christian Right of the 1980s forged its political identity largely in response to what it perceived as liberal 'judicial activism'. Robert Daniel Rubin tells this story as it played out in Mobile, Alabama. There, a community conflict pitted a group of conservative evangelicals, a sympathetic federal judge, and a handful of conservative intellectuals against a religious agnostic opposed to prayer in schools, and a school system accused of promoting a religion called 'secular humanism'. The twists in the Mobile conflict speak to the changes and continuities that marked the relationship of 1980s' religious conservatism to democracy, the courts, and the Constitution. By alternately focusing its gaze on the local conflict and related events in Washington, DC, this book weaves a captivating narrative. Historians, political scientists, and constitutional lawyers will find, in Rubin's study, a challenging new perspective on the history of the Christian Right in the United States Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Jaffree, Ishmael -- Trials, litigation, etc Smith, Douglas T. -- Trials, litigation, etc Hand, W. Brevard. SUBJECT Hand, W. Brevard fast Jaffree, Ishmael fast Smith, Douglas T. fast Subject Mobile County (Ala.). Board of School Commissioners -- Trials, litigation, etc SUBJECT Mobile County (Ala.). Board of School Commissioners fast Subject Religion in the public schools -- Law and legislation -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century Religion in the public schools -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice Religion in the public schools -- Law and legislation Alabama United States Genre/Form History Trials, litigation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108163224 110816322X 9781108162586 1108162584 1108163068 9781108163064 9781107447202 1107447208 1107630665 9781107630666

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