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Calm Command. U.S. Chief Justice Melville Fuller in His Times, 1888–1910

Calm Command. U.S. Chief Justice Melville Fuller in His Times, 1888–1910

$24.95
By Douglas Rooks Melville Fuller, among the most prominent Maine natives of his day, is little known today. This groundbreaking biography, the first in 70 years, restores him to his...
Courtwatchers: Eyewitness Accounts in Supreme Court History

Courtwatchers: Eyewitness Accounts in Supreme Court History

$31.00 – $62.00
  By Clare Cushman *Signed Bookplate In the first Supreme Court history told primarily through eyewitness accounts from Court insiders, Clare Cushman provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the...
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

$18.00
*Signed Bookplate By James F. Simon The bitter and protracted struggle between President Thomas Jefferson and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall defined the basic constitutional relationship between the executive...
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight: Cassius Clay vs. the United States of America

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight: Cassius Clay vs. the United States of America

$16.95
By Howard L. Bingham and Max Wallace In 1966 Muhammad Ali announced his intention to refuse induction into the United States Army as a conscientious objector. This set off a...
Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences

Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences

$25.99
By Mark.V.Tushnet (Editor), Randall Kennedy (Foreword) Much has been written about Thurgood Marshall, but this is the first book to collect his own words. Here are briefs he filed as...
"The Supremes": An Introduction to the U.S. Supreme Court Justices

"The Supremes": An Introduction to the U.S. Supreme Court Justices

$19.95
Paperback By Barbara A. Perry This second edition of The Supremes introduces readers to the Supreme Courts newest members, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, with vivid biographical...
The Guardian of Every Other Right: A Constitutional History of Property Rights

The Guardian of Every Other Right: A Constitutional History of Property Rights

$24.95
*Hard-signed By James W. Ely, Jr. The Guardian of Every Other Right chronicles the pivotal role of property rights in fashioning the American constitutional order from the colonial era to...
Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty

Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty

$24.95
*Signed Bookplate By Randy E. Barnett The U.S. Constitution found in school textbooks and under glass in Washington is not the one enforced today by the Supreme Court. In Restoring...
Gorsuch: The Judge Who Speaks for Himself

Gorsuch: The Judge Who Speaks for Himself

$16.00 – $25.00
By John Greenya (Author)  The first comprehensive biography of Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee and the youngest Supreme Court justice at the time of confirmation in twenty-five years.Born...
All The Laws But One: Civil Liberties in Wartime

All The Laws But One: Civil Liberties in Wartime

$17.00
By William H. Rehnquist In All the Laws but One, William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, provides an insightful and fascinating account of the history of civil...
Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1936-1961

Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1936-1961

$70.00 – $175.00
*Signed Bookplate By Mark V. Tushnet From the 1930s to the early 1960s civil rights law was made primarily through constitutional litigation. Before Rosa Parks could ignite a Montgomery Bus...
Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion

Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion

$30.00
By Seth Stern  Before his death, William Brennan granted Stephen Wermiel access to volumes of personal and court materials that are sealed to the public until 2017. These are what...

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