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Summary: In this definitive deep dive into the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, two women with extraordinary behind-the-scenes access--The Federalist senior editor Mollie Hemingway and Judicial Crisis Network senior counsel Carrie Severino--reveal what really happened and explore what the bitterly divisive hearings mean for the future of the Court and the battle for the soul of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing 2019
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Summary: "From the chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, a richly detailed, news-breaking look at the unprecedented political fight over Antonin Scalia's Supreme Court vacancy and the seemingly irreversible dysfunction it triggered across all three branches in the nation's capital--ultimately delivering us Trump, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh. The embodiment of American conservative thought...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Summary: An award-winning investigative journalist presents an account of the life and confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, featuring interviews with his accusers and evidence of his deceptions amongst the Republican Party's drive toward the far right.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2021
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Summary: "The Warren Court of the 1950s and 1960s was the most liberal in American history. Yet within a few short years, new appointments redirected the Court in a more conservative direction, a trend that continued for decades. However, even after Warren retired and the makeup of the court changed, his Court cast a shadow that extends to our own era. In The Long Reach of the Sixties, Laura Kalman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2017
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Summary: Thirty years ago, Laney, Mia, Betts, and Ginger were roommates and best friends in law school. Collectively nicknamed the Ms. Bradwells by a professor their relationship has weathered marriage, divorce, children, and death, but when Betts's Supreme Court nomination is threatened by questions about the death of a young man at a party they attended decades ago, the women retreat to the scene of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2011
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Summary: A look at the confirmation process for Clarence Thomas' appointment to the Supreme Court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1994
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Summary: "'About this Book' At the end of the Supreme Court's 2019-2020 term, the center was holding. The predictions that the Court would move irrevocably to the radical right hadn't come to pass, as the justices released surprisingly moderate opinions on cases involving abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and how local governments could handle the pandemic, all shepherded by Chief Justice John Roberts. By...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021