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Politically incorrect guideMillhiser, Ian
Summary: "Few American institutions have inflicted greater suffering on ordinary people than the Supreme Court of the United States. In this powerful indictment of a venerated institution, constitutional law expert Ian Millhiser tells the history of the Supreme Court through the eyes of everyday people who have suffered the most as a result of its judgements. The justices built a nation where children...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2015
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Summary: "[This guide] offers a penetrating and irreverent account of the justices--ideologues and cowards, geniuses and mediocrities, all of them thoroughly human--and a fascinating analysis of a Court that has swung like a pendulum from preserving the Republic to undermining government by the people and back to defending the Constitution. Sprightly, informative, and powerfully argued, this book is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing 2023
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Summary: "At 11:34 PM on April 9, 2021, the Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling. California governor Gavin Newsom's bid to enact enhanced COVID restrictions was overturned in a sweeping redefinition of existing law. The shadowy circumstances of this ruling--an unsigned decision made in just a few pages, without a full briefing, and in the middle of the night--are not typical of the Supreme Court....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023