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[book post] Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution
Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution by Amanda Hollis-Brusky
"Why does legal academia seem to produce so many total dumbshits?" I wondered aloud to myself, after reading some inanity or another from Alan Dershowitz (who I remember being weirdly widely respected in the 90s/00s mainstream media? not that I was paying too much attention back then, but, the gulf between "my vague impression of the guy" and "what I thought after actually reading some stuff from the guy" is so vast, yikes). Or maybe I was just laughing my ass off at the Stanford Federalist Society crying crocodile tears over this totally hilarious satirical flyer. Or maybe I was just getting all broody over the state of the federal judiciary in general. Who knows!
Anyway, this is totally not my field, and my knowledge of the judiciary is admittedly limited to, like, "I got on a Supreme Court podcast kick for a bit," and "Sarah Jeong's tweets are pretty dope." Which does not a decent grounding make, so I decided to go find a book on the topic to bone up a bit—
This book was... probably not the right choice! It's got a definite "I am packaging my PhD for publication" feel, and is more focused on being in dialogue with some political science scholarship that I'm not familiar with, rather than being a generalist history.
But, I still had some fun with it:
( the thesis )
( in which the FedSoc is a bunch of computer hackers )
( case studies )
( liberal counterattack )
( wrap up )
"Why does legal academia seem to produce so many total dumbshits?" I wondered aloud to myself, after reading some inanity or another from Alan Dershowitz (who I remember being weirdly widely respected in the 90s/00s mainstream media? not that I was paying too much attention back then, but, the gulf between "my vague impression of the guy" and "what I thought after actually reading some stuff from the guy" is so vast, yikes). Or maybe I was just laughing my ass off at the Stanford Federalist Society crying crocodile tears over this totally hilarious satirical flyer. Or maybe I was just getting all broody over the state of the federal judiciary in general. Who knows!
Anyway, this is totally not my field, and my knowledge of the judiciary is admittedly limited to, like, "I got on a Supreme Court podcast kick for a bit," and "Sarah Jeong's tweets are pretty dope." Which does not a decent grounding make, so I decided to go find a book on the topic to bone up a bit—
This book was... probably not the right choice! It's got a definite "I am packaging my PhD for publication" feel, and is more focused on being in dialogue with some political science scholarship that I'm not familiar with, rather than being a generalist history.
But, I still had some fun with it:
( the thesis )
( in which the FedSoc is a bunch of computer hackers )
( case studies )
( liberal counterattack )
( wrap up )