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My grandfather's son My grandfather's son Clarence Thomas The Supreme Court justice recounts his life story, from his impoverished childhood in Jim Crow-era Georgia and his struggles to acquire an education, to his publicly contested confirmation to the nat… OL16026449W
Judge Judy Sheindlin's Win or lose by how you choose! Judge Judy Sheindlin's Win or lose by how you choose! Judy Sheindlin Multiple-choice questions about the right thing to do in different situations. OL16030985W
Elena Kagan Elena Kagan Viqi Wagner "This series profiles the lives and careers of some of today's most prominent newsmakers. Whether covering contributions and achievements or notorious deeds, books in this series examine why these we… OL16168381W
My beloved world My beloved world Sonia Sotomayor An instant American icon, the third woman, and the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court, the author tells the story of her life before becoming a judge, in this personal memoir. Here the author r… OL17192923W
American original American original Joan Biskupic A profile of the conservative Supreme Court justice offers insight into his absolute belief system and considerable body of work, evaluating Scalia as an "apex of power" whose opinions may have far-r… OL17736849W
Sisters in Law Sisters in Law Linda R. Hirshman An account of the intertwined lives of the first two women to be appointed to the Supreme Court examines their respective religious and political beliefs while sharing insights into how they have inf… OL19664162W
All falling faiths All falling faiths Wilkinson, J. Harvie III In this warm and intimate memoir Judge Wilkinson delivers a chilling message. The 1960s inflicted enormous damage on our country; even at this very hour we see the decade's imprint in so much of what… OL19711792W
Gorsuch Gorsuch John Greenya "Learn all about Neil Gorsuch, the youngest judge to be nominated to the Supreme Court in twenty-five years, with this comprehensive and fascinating biography. When forty-nine-year-old Neil Gorsuch w… OL19716729W
Jewish justices of the Supreme Court Jewish justices of the Supreme Court David G. Dalin "[This book] examines the lives, legal careers, and legacies of the eight Jews who have served or who currently serve as justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Louis D. Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, Felix… OL19742287W
Richard Posner Richard Posner William Domnarski "Judge Richard Posner is one of the great legal minds of our age, on par with such generation-defining judges as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Learned Hand, and Henry Friendly. A judge on the U.S. Court of … OL20038126W
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Bader Ginsburg Cathleen Small 1 online resource OL27111370W
The American judicial tradition The American judicial tradition G. Edward White This book is a series of portraits of the most famous appellate judges in American history. White traces the development of the American judicial tradition through biographical sketches of the career… OL2927437W
Federal judges revealed Federal judges revealed William Domnarski The power and influence of the federal judiciary has been widely discussed and understood. And while there have been a fair number of institutional studies - studies of individual district courts or … OL3239144W
The Supreme Court The Supreme Court Jeffrey Rosen The book traces the history of the US Supreme Court by illuminating the antagonistic positions of key players (mostly justices) on the important issues of the time. It thereby focuses not on the leg… OL506587W
John Marshall and the heroic age of the Supreme Court John Marshall and the heroic age of the Supreme Court R. Kent Newmyer "John Marshall (1755-1835) was arguably the most important judicial figure in American history. As the fourth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving during the formative years of t… OL5280588W
Supreme discomfort Supreme discomfort Kevin Merida,Michael Fletcher There is no more powerful, detested, misunderstood African American in our public life than Clarence Thomas. Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas is a haunting portrait of an isola… OL8052865W
Justice for All Justice for All Jim Newton In Justice for All, Jim Newton, an award-winning journalist for the Los Angeles Times, brings readers the first truly comprehensive consideration of Earl Warren, the politician-turned- Chief Justice … OL8990905W