Courts
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The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic
$19.99 Add to cartAn instant New York Times bestseller: An acclaimed legal scholar’s “important” (New York Times) and “fascinating” (Economist) exposé of how the Supreme Court uses unsigned and unexplained orders to c
- Author: Vladeck, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1541605187
- Language: English
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A Second Chance: A Federal Judge Decides Who Deserves It
$27.99 Add to cartA sitting federal judge’s lively and provocative recounting of six cases, to make the argument for revisiting overly punitive sentences
Murderous mafia capos. The police officer who brutalized Abner
- Author: Block, Frederic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1620978873
- Language: English
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Rogues in Black Robes
$26.99 Add to cart“… with liberty, and justice for all.”
But is there truly justice for all?
And how “just” is our justice system?
Find out for yourself as you read how
- a federal court of appeals judge in Chicago used hi
- Author: Vukadinovich, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1637774060
- Language: English
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Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of Fdr’s Great Supreme Court Justices
$21.99 Add to cartA tiny, ebullient Jew who started as America’s leading liberal and ended as its most famous judicial conservative. A Klansman who became an absolutist advocate of free speech and civil rights. A backc… [more below]
- Author: Feldman, Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: July 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0446699284
- Language: English
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The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America
$21.99 Add to cartSuperbly well written . . . a wonderfully informative guide to the Supreme Court both past and present.–David J. Garrow, American History
Jeffrey Rosen recounts the history of the Supreme Court throu- Author: Rosen, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 26 2007
- ISBN10: 0805086854
- Language: English
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Supreme Court Decisions
$15.00 Add to cartA selection of the landmark Supreme Court decisions that have shaped American society
Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and–above all–essential reads from American political his- Series: Penguin Civic Classics #06
- Author: Beeman, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0143121995
- Language: English
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N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law
$18.00 Add to cart“A MUST-READ FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING AND DISMANTLING MASS INCARCERATION.” -Chesa Boudin, District Attorney of San Francisco America’s criminal justice system is among the deadliest and … [more below]
- Author: Armour, Jody David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1940660688
- Language: English
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One Vote Away: How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History
$28.99 Read more** WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER ** USA TODAY BESTSELLER ** PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY BESTSELLER ** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **
With a simple majority on the Supreme Court, the left would have the power to- Author: Cruz, Ted
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 1684511348
- Language: English
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The Cult of the Constitution
$20.00 Add to cartIn this controversial and provocative book, Mary Anne Franks examines the thin line between constitutional fidelity and constitutional fundamentalism. The Cult of the Constitution reveals how deep fun
- Author: Franks, Mary Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1503614980
- Language: English
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The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics
$19.95 Read moreA sitting justice reflects upon the authority of the Supreme Court–how that authority was gained and how measures to restructure the Court could undermine both the Court and the constitutional system
- Author: Breyer, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0674269365
- Language: English
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The Common Flaw: Needless Complexity in the Courts and 50 Ways to Reduce It
$35.00 Read moreA sitting judge makes the compelling argument that we should simplify lawsuits to create a more humane and accessible legal system.
Americans are losing faith in their courts. After long delays, judg- Series: Brandeis Law and Society
- Author: Moukawsher, Thomas G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 1684581648
- Language: English
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Conversations with Rbg: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law
$18.00 Add to cartIn her own words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, through an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center.
This remarkabl- Author: Rosen, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1250762642
- Language: English
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The Transition: Interpreting Justice from Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas
$30.00 Read moreEvery Supreme Court transition presents an opportunity for a shift in the balance of the third branch of American government, but the replacement of Thurgood Marshall with Clarence Thomas in 1991 prov
- Author: Kiel, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 150363065X
- Language: English
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The Handy Supreme Court Answer Book: The History and Issues Explained
$79.95 Add to cartThe U.S. Supreme Court, its decisions, and its nominating process for new justices are often in the news … but are just as often not well understood. Constitutional law professor David L. Hudson, Jr
- Series: Handy Answer Books
- Author: Hudson, David L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1578598230
- Language: English
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The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFor 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New York Times. In this Very Short Intr… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Greenhouse, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 26 2020
- ISBN10: 0190079819
- Language: English
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The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court
$27.99 Add to cart“A damning investigation of dark money by a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee” (Kirkus Reviews) with a new preface on recent disclosures about efforts to influence the Court
“There’s no- Author: Whitehouse, Sheldon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1620977389
- Language: English
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The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court
$18.99 Add to cart“A damning investigation of dark money by a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee” (Kirkus Reviews) with a new preface on recent disclosures about efforts to influence the Court
“There’s no- Author: Whitehouse, Sheldon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1620978342
- Language: English
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Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America’s Largest Criminal Court
$20.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2017 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems.
Finalist for the C. Wright Mills Book Award, sponsored by the Society for th
- Author: Gonzalez Van Cleve, Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1503602788
- Language: English
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Sandra Day O’Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice
$22.00 Add to cart“Sandra Day O’Connor takes you behind the closed doors of the Supreme Court to reveal how Justice O’Connor helped craft landmark decisions on abortion, affirmative action, and a host of other critical
- Author: Biskupic, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 07 2006
- ISBN10: 006059019X
- Language: English
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The Handy Supreme Court Answer Book: The History and Issues Explained
$32.95 Add to cartThe U.S. Supreme Court, its decisions, and its nominating process for new justices are often in the news … but are just as often not well understood. Constitutional law professor David L. Hudson, Jr
- Series: Handy Answer Books
- Author: Hudson, David L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 9, 2023
- ISBN10: 157859782X
- Language: English
