The Chief
Title | The Chief PDF eBook |
Author | Joan Biskupic |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Total Pages | 415 |
Release | 2019-03-26 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0465093280 |
An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so far. John Roberts was named to the Supreme Court in 2005 claiming he would act as a neutral umpire in deciding cases. His critics argue he has been anything but, pointing to his conservative victories on voting rights and campaign finance. Yet he broke from orthodoxy in his decision to preserve Obamacare. How are we to understand the motives of the most powerful judge in the land? In The Chief, award-winning journalist Joan Biskupic contends that Roberts is torn between two, often divergent, priorities: to carry out a conservative agenda, and to protect the Court's image and his place in history. Biskupic shows how Roberts's dual commitments have fostered distrust among his colleagues, with major consequences for the law. Trenchant and authoritative, The Chief reveals the making of a justice and the drama on this nation's highest court.
Decision Making in a Democracy
Title | Decision Making in a Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Dahl |
Publisher | Irvington Pub |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1993-08-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780829035704 |
Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Title | Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 384 |
Release | 1821 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
ISBN |
Brown v. Board of Education
Title | Brown v. Board of Education PDF eBook |
Author | James T. Patterson |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2001-03-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199880840 |
2004 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision to end segregation in public schools. Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America's public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launched the litigation, exclaimed later, "I was so happy, I was numb." The novelist Ralph Ellison wrote, "another battle of the Civil War has been won. The rest is up to us and I'm very glad. What a wonderful world of possibilities are unfolded for the children!" Here, in a concise, moving narrative, Bancroft Prize-winning historian James T. Patterson takes readers through the dramatic case and its fifty-year aftermath. A wide range of characters animates the story, from the little-known African Americans who dared to challenge Jim Crow with lawsuits (at great personal cost); to Thurgood Marshall, who later became a Justice himself; to Earl Warren, who shepherded a fractured Court to a unanimous decision. Others include segregationist politicians like Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas; Presidents Eisenhower, Johnson, and Nixon; and controversial Supreme Court justices such as William Rehnquist and Clarence Thomas. Most Americans still see Brown as a triumph--but was it? Patterson shrewdly explores the provocative questions that still swirl around the case. Could the Court--or President Eisenhower--have done more to ensure compliance with Brown? Did the decision touch off the modern civil rights movement? How useful are court-ordered busing and affirmative action against racial segregation? To what extent has racial mixing affected the academic achievement of black children? Where indeed do we go from here to realize the expectations of Marshall, Ellison, and others in 1954?
Report of Cases Determined by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Title | Report of Cases Determined by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 948 |
Release | 1901 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
ISBN |
Supreme Court Case on Appeal
Title | Supreme Court Case on Appeal PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1228 |
Release | 1899 |
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Report of cases determined by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Title | Report of cases determined by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 798 |
Release | 1907 |
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