The Rehnquist Court and Criminal Justice

Download or read book The Rehnquist Court and Criminal Justice written by Christopher E. Smith and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By analyzing the perspectives and influential decisions of individual justices on the Rehnquist Court (1986-2005), this volume reveals how a divided Supreme Court limited the scope of rights affecting criminal justice without fulfilling conservatives' goal of eliminating foundational concepts established during the Warren Court era. The era's generally conservative Supreme Court preserved rights in several contexts because individual justices do not necessarily view all constitutional rights issues through a simple, consistent philosophical lens.