Judicial Branch

Image of Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life's Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union (Law in the Public Square) (Volume 2)
Author(s):
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Legal, Judicial Branch, Law

Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life's Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union (Volume 2) (Law in the Public Square)

March 15, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Joan M. Burda

“I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.” —Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Image of Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel (World Citizen Comics)
Author(s):
Cynthia Levinson
Genre(s):
Graphic, Nonfiction, Comics, & Cartoons, Race & Ethnicity, Elections & Political Process, Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, Law, Constitutional Law, Political & Social Science

Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel (World Citizen Comics)

September 21, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Marissa Moss

“This is a book that should be required reading in every high school—actually every American should read it.

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Image of Taking Back the Constitution: Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law
Author(s):
Mark Tushnet
Genre(s):
Judicial Branch, Political Ideologies, Constitutional Law

Taking Back the Constitution: Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law

July 13, 2020
Reviewed by: 
L. Ali Khan

Prestigious constitutional law professors can publish whatever they please, ranging from a critical analysis of the Supreme Court cases to outlandish predictions about the Constitution.

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Image of A Republic, If You Can Keep It
Author(s):
Neil Gorsuch
Genre(s):
Political, Presidents & Heads of State, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Legal, Government, Judicial Branch

A Republic, If You Can Keep It

September 16, 2019
Reviewed by: 
L. Ali Khan

A Republic, If You Can Keep It opens delightfully with a short autobiography flavored with stories, among them, tracing family history, savoring chicken curry, eluding reporters and camera

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Image of The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption
Author(s):
Richard L. Hasen
Genre(s):
Government, Judicial Branch, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Legal, Historical

The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption

March 8, 2018
Reviewed by: 
Francis P. Sempa

Early in his new book about the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, University of California law and politics professor Richard L.

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Image of Supreme Power: 7 Pivotal Supreme Court Decisions That Had a Major Impact on America
Author(s):
Ted Stewart
Genre(s):
Current/Public Affairs & Events, Judicial Branch, Legislative Branch

Supreme Power: 7 Pivotal Supreme Court Decisions That Had a Major Impact on America

October 13, 2017
Reviewed by: 
Roger I. Abrams

“Ted Stewart has his own set of religious and societal values, and he explains them well as part of his tirade against the current Supreme Court.

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Image of My Own Words
Author(s):
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Legal, Government, Judicial Branch

My Own Words

December 1, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Joan M. Burda

Reading the musings of a Supreme Court Justice throughout her life would typically generate excitement only among legal scholars or law students.

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Image of Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View
Author(s):
Stephen Breyer
Genre(s):
Judicial Branch, Law

Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Diane Brandley

(Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, September 14, 2010

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