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Language
English
Description
Take a deep dive into rulings during the Obama presidency which laid the groundwork for today's questions over the Supreme Court's legitimacy.
Can the government seize your house to build a shopping mall? Can it determine what control you have over your own body? Can police search your cellphone? The answers to those questions come from the Supreme Court, whose rulings have shaped American life and justice and allowed Americans to retain...
Can the government seize your house to build a shopping mall? Can it determine what control you have over your own body? Can police search your cellphone? The answers to those questions come from the Supreme Court, whose rulings have shaped American life and justice and allowed Americans to retain...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This collection covers both iconic and controversial decisions from the early republic to the present day. From early decisions that outlined the roles and powers of the 3 branches of government to contemporary cases about LGBTQ rights and reproductive rights, this set pairs each Court decision with in-depth commentary and analysis.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Revised & updated edition.
Language
English
Description
Covers these US Supreme Court cases: Marbury v. Madison, 1803; Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857; Engel v. Vitale, 1962; Epperson v. Arkansas, 1968; Van Orden v. Perry; McCreary County, Kentucky v. ACLU of Kentucky, 2005; Gideon v. Wainright, 1963; Miranda v. Arizona, 1966; Brown v. Board of Education, 1954; Gratz v. Bollinger; Grutter v. Bollinger, 2003; Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, 2000; Buckley v. Valeo, 1976; Davis v. FEC, 2008; Griswold v. Connecticut,...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This book takes up the question of whether and how to tell the story of the law's infamy. It examines when and why the word infamy should be used to characterize legal decisions or actions taken in the name of the law. It does so while acknowledging that law's infamy by no means a familiar locution. More commonly the stories we tell of law's failures talk of injustices not infamy. Labelling a legal decision infamous suggests a distinctive kind of...
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