Supreme Court (History & Fiction)

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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court 4.09 avg rating — 18,283 ratings
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The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief 4.06 avg rating — 442,623 ratings
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The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court
The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court 4.14 avg rating — 5,146 ratings
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Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey
Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey 4.11 avg rating — 1,363 ratings
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The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court 3.79 avg rating — 917 ratings
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The Runaway Jury
The Runaway Jury 4.03 avg rating — 312,171 ratings
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The Tenth Justice
The Tenth Justice 3.95 avg rating — 14,245 ratings
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The Last Juror
The Last Juror 3.96 avg rating — 106,873 ratings
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Gideon's Trumpet
Gideon's Trumpet 3.91 avg rating — 3,034 ratings
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 3.51 avg rating — 51 ratings
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My Beloved World
My Beloved World 4.09 avg rating — 33,499 ratings
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Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made
Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made 4.20 avg rating — 527 ratings
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Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices
Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices 4.18 avg rating — 1,938 ratings
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Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences (The Library of Black America series)
Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences (The Library of Black America series) 4.50 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary 4.21 avg rating — 911 ratings
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The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice
The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice 3.68 avg rating — 718 ratings
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Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court
Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court 4.01 avg rating — 652 ratings
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Supreme Courtship
Supreme Courtship 3.67 avg rating — 4,658 ratings
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Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court
Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court 3.87 avg rating — 1,062 ratings
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Men in Black: How Judges are Destroying America
Men in Black: How Judges are Destroying America 4.17 avg rating — 1,881 ratings
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Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest
Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest 3.78 avg rating — 1,519 ratings
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Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion
Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion 4.20 avg rating — 342 ratings
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Hugo Black: A Biography
Hugo Black: A Biography 3.96 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment
Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment 4.02 avg rating — 520 ratings
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Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution
Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,039 ratings
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American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia 3.95 avg rating — 261 ratings
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The Courage of Their Convictions: Sixteen Americans Who Fought Their Way to the Supreme Court
The Courage of Their Convictions: Sixteen Americans Who Fought Their Way to the Supreme Court 3.97 avg rating — 231 ratings
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What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States
What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States 3.86 avg rating — 460 ratings
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CHIEF JUSTICE: A Biography of Earl Warren
CHIEF JUSTICE: A Biography of Earl Warren
by: Ed Cray
3.93 avg rating — 116 ratings
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Sorcerers' Apprentices: 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court
Sorcerers' Apprentices: 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Living the Bill of Rights: How to Be an Authentic American
Living the Bill of Rights: How to Be an Authentic American 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings
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A People's History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution
A People's History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution 4.06 avg rating — 1,484 ratings
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Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement
Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement 3.90 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life 4.22 avg rating — 3,077 ratings
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John Marshall: Definer of a Nation
John Marshall: Definer of a Nation 4.13 avg rating — 1,288 ratings
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Separate But Equal
Separate But Equal 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade 4.14 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Amistad
Amistad 3.85 avg rating — 357 ratings
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The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction
The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction 3.83 avg rating — 408 ratings
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A History of the Supreme Court
A History of the Supreme Court 3.87 avg rating — 111 ratings
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The Court
The Court 3.96 avg rating — 348 ratings
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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4.18 avg rating — 63,001 ratings
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Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America, 1861-2003
Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America, 1861-2003 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings
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My Grandfather's Son
My Grandfather's Son 4.23 avg rating — 4,463 ratings
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow
The Strange Career of Jim Crow 4.14 avg rating — 3,184 ratings
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A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America
A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America 4.11 avg rating — 167 ratings
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Race and the Supreme Court: Defining Equality
Race and the Supreme Court: Defining Equality 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court
Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court 3.86 avg rating — 363 ratings
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Sonia Sotomayor: The True American Dream
Sonia Sotomayor: The True American Dream 3.65 avg rating — 177 ratings
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The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist
The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist 3.48 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Louis D. Brandeis
Louis D. Brandeis 4.03 avg rating — 420 ratings
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Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty
Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty 3.84 avg rating — 750 ratings
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The Supreme Court in United States History, Vol. 2: 1821-1855
The Supreme Court in United States History, Vol. 2: 1821-1855 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir
Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir 3.55 avg rating — 1,087 ratings
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My Own Words
My Own Words 4.03 avg rating — 26,522 ratings
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The Simple Truth
The Simple Truth 4.11 avg rating — 41,311 ratings
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Wild Bill: The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas
Wild Bill: The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas 3.89 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review
Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Supreme Court in United States History, Vol. 1: 1789-1821
The Supreme Court in United States History, Vol. 1: 1789-1821 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Battle for Justice: How the Bork Nomination Shook America
Battle for Justice: How the Bork Nomination Shook America 3.82 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903
Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903 4.07 avg rating — 176 ratings
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Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy
Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy 3.88 avg rating — 4,042 ratings
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The Four Courts Murder
The Four Courts Murder 3.09 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Roses And Chocolates: A True Love Story in World War II
Roses And Chocolates: A True Love Story in World War II 4.35 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Allegiance
Allegiance 3.70 avg rating — 362 ratings
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The Betrayal Of The Negro: From Rutherford B. Hayes To Woodrow Wilson
The Betrayal Of The Negro: From Rutherford B. Hayes To Woodrow Wilson 4.16 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854-1911
Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854-1911 3.57 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Glass and Gavel: The U.S. Supreme Court and Alcohol
Glass and Gavel: The U.S. Supreme Court and Alcohol 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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SCOTUS (Powerplay #4)
SCOTUS (Powerplay #4) 4.33 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover
Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover 4.18 avg rating — 310 ratings
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Nine Men Against America
Nine Men Against America 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Warren Court and American Politics
The Warren Court and American Politics 4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Thurgood Marshall: Warrior at the Bar, Rebel on the Bench
Thurgood Marshall: Warrior at the Bar, Rebel on the Bench really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating — 254,476 ratings
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Protect and Defend (Kerry Kilcannon, #2)
Protect and Defend (Kerry Kilcannon, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 4,523 ratings
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The Family Roe: An American Story
The Family Roe: An American Story 4.13 avg rating — 2,565 ratings
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The Supreme Court in United States History, Vol. 3: 1856-1918
The Supreme Court in United States History, Vol. 3: 1856-1918 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind--and Changed the History of Free Speech in America
The Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind--and Changed the History of Free Speech in America 4.14 avg rating — 724 ratings
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Murder In The Supreme Court (Capital Crimes, #3)
Murder In The Supreme Court (Capital Crimes, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 1,891 ratings
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The Warren Court in Historical and Political Perspective
The Warren Court in Historical and Political Perspective really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy
Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy 3.90 avg rating — 309 ratings
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All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education
All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education 3.87 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Supreme Justice (Dana Cutler, #2)
Supreme Justice (Dana Cutler, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 5,226 ratings
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From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law
From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law 4.02 avg rating — 231 ratings
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The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation
The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation 4.21 avg rating — 1,624 ratings
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Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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A Love Affair With the Law
A Love Affair With the Law liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics
The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics 4.30 avg rating — 178 ratings
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The Political Worlds of Slavery and Freedom
The Political Worlds of Slavery and Freedom 3.73 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Bush v. Gore: The Question of Legitimacy
Bush v. Gore: The Question of Legitimacy 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Court at War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made
The Court at War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made 4.30 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Silencing Political Dissent: How Post-September 11 Anti-Terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties
Silencing Political Dissent: How Post-September 11 Anti-Terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties 3.70 avg rating — 93 ratings
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The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,384 ratings
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Leaving the Bench: Supreme Court Justices at the End
Leaving the Bench: Supreme Court Justices at the End 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Man Who Once Was Whizzer White: A Portrait Of Justice Byron R White
The Man Who Once Was Whizzer White: A Portrait Of Justice Byron R White 3.85 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics, Seventh Edition
Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics, Seventh Edition 3.63 avg rating — 197 ratings
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Raising the Bar: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the ACLU Women's Rights Project
Raising the Bar: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the ACLU Women's Rights Project 3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings
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From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality
From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality 4.17 avg rating — 154 ratings
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Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court: From Brandeis to Kagan (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life)
Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court: From Brandeis to Kagan (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life) 4.10 avg rating — 41 ratings
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