{"product_id":"revenge-for-the-sixties-sam-alito-and-the-triumph-of-the-conservative-legal-movement-9781668200025","title":"Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first-ever biography of the most pivotal Justice on the Supreme Court whose decisions, like the overturning of Roe, will drive the reshaping of America, by prize-winning journalist Peter Canellos.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the Supreme Court handed down its decision in \u003ci\u003eDobbs v. Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e, the landmark case overturning \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e, it marked a turning point in the lives of millions of Americans. It was also the culmination of a decades-long movement whose grievances were embodied by the man who wrote the court's opinion: Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Steely in his demeanor, with an impassive appearance that defies changing fashions, Alito could be the family lawyer in a 1960s television drama. But when he talks there is an emotional undercurrent, a fast-flowing stream beneath a placid surface. This is a man driven to push boundaries and mold ideas. His aim is to right the wrongs of the past six decades, as he saw them. He was the prized son of an Italian-born father and a mother whose parents emigrated from Italy shortly before her birth, worked their way into the middle class despite anti-Catholic prejudice and humiliating setbacks like evictions, and exacting big achievement demands of their children. But his family's values came under attack during the sixties and later when Alito was at Princeton as the Vietnam war raged, women demanded equality, and their brand of patriotism was devalued. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Federalist Society provided a safe space for Alito and those like him, and he moved fast up the judicial ladder to eventually land on the Supreme Court. There he has been aggressive in pushing the law in new, conservative directions--from pushing for expanding rights for the religious conservatives, overturning affirmative action, extending the right to bear arms to thwart gun controls, and reducing the power of the Environmental Protection Agency. And finally--most crucial to his legacy--he was the author of \u003ci\u003eDobbs v. Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e, bringing the conservative legal movement full circle in overruling \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e. His ethnic and religious background, his intellectual confidence, and his unyielding determination are all illustrative of a group of men and women who, beset by grievance, embarked on a decades-long mission to change the rules that govern society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter S. Canellos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.2lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668200025","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45462954508425,"sku":"9781668200025","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_65d7dbee-6946-45ee-84de-d05a875bf671.jpg?v=1774994094","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/revenge-for-the-sixties-sam-alito-and-the-triumph-of-the-conservative-legal-movement-9781668200025","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}