A People's History of the Supreme Court
A survey of the United States Supreme Court begins with the debate over judicial power during the 1787 Constitutional Convention and includes rulings on slavery, segregation, free speech, abortion, and gay rights.
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Traces the history of the Supreme Court from 1787 to the present day, profiling every justice from John Jay to Stephen Breyer, and examines the cases that have transformed American history and the court's controversial rulings on such issues as racial segregation, abortion, gay rights, and free speech. Reprint.
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