A look at how the conservative agenda has succeeded in remaking our rights and our constitution into an image they like. It is well written, and sprinkled with numerous anecdotes as illustrations (but hard statistics where needed, too). There are a couple of places, particularly when talking about RFRA, that I felt the author needed to do better homework, but overall a useful book for anyone interested in how we got to be where we are today. ( )

I had the good fortune to find myself in Mr. Chemerinsky's Constitutional Law class some 12 years ago as a first-year law student. Even then, he was espousing the view that "judicial activism" is code for "decisions you disagree with," and he couldn't have been more right. This book is an expansion of that idea, pointing out that the very people who rail against judicial activism are often guilty of perpetuating the very same.

Although he is an acclaimed legal scholar, Mr. Chemerinsky is also a gifted writer who employs a conversational style that even lay readers will glide through with ease. ( )

Excellent review of exactly what the title describes. Occasionally, Mr. Chemerinsky's writing style struck me as a dry, almost bloodless, but that might just be my strong progressive streak looking for a more impassioned argument. Moderates will probably appreciate his restraint more than I did. My highlights and notes on several passages are availabe at: https://kindle.amazon.com/work/conservative-assault-constitution-ebook/B003UQN86... (Hmm, don't see a way I can restricted the highlights and notes to what are mine, currently most quoted passage highlights and all the notes are mine, but I'm sure others will be added.) ( )