Funhouse Mirrors, Canaries, and Disequilibrium: Assessing the Relationship between Parties, Congress, and the Courts in Tea Party America (2009-2012)

Popular Constitutionalism and Fisher's Dialogues

“…Devins has argued that waning interest in legislative hearings related to constitutional topics (and the low profile of congressional constitutional analysis in the debate over the Affordable Care Act) can be traced to party polarization (Devins 2011; 2012). Assuming this analysis holds some power, we need to ask what sorts of changes in the electorate, including its shifting views about constitutionalism, are needed to induce greater attentiveness to constitutional issues in Congress (Peabody and Morgan 2013).…”