Supreme Control: The Long War for the Supreme Court-and Why Republicans Are Currently Winning (Constitutional Thinking)

An essential history of how both parties fought for control of the Supreme Court-and how Republicans have seized the advantage. In Supreme Control, leading Supreme Court scholar Lucas A.Powe, Jr. explains how the United States arrived at the Republican-dominated Roberts Court that is transforming constitutional law and reshaping everyday American life.What once seemed unthinkable, a Court willing to overturn long-settled precedent to advance a single political vision, has become reality. Powe argues that today’s Court fulfills a decades-long Republican project: the creation of a reliably conservative Supreme Court.Built through a carefully orchestrated strategy culminating in the judicial appointments made during Donald Trump’s presidency, the Roberts Court represents an unprecedented concentration of power within one political coalition.Placing these developments in historical context, Powe shows how the current Court is only the latest in a long battle for partisan dominance of Ameri