Summer Reading

By Lea VanderVelde Among the most infamous U.S. Supreme Court decisions is Dred Scott v. Sandford . Despite the case's signal importance as a turning point in America's history, the...

The first comprehensive historical treatment of resignations, retirements and and deaths explaining when and why justices have stepped down.

By Raymond M. Kethledge (Author), Michael S. Erwin (Author), Jim Collins (Introduction) Throughout history, leaders have used solitude as a matter of course. Eisenhower wrote memoranda to himself during World War...

By Chad Noreuil (Author) The Zen of Passing the Bar Exam offers a comprehensive approach to studying for (and passing) the bar exam. Couched in neuroscience and Zen principles of focus, discipline,...

By Ross E. Davies The early 20th century also saw the beginning of the long and ongoing run of Casey at Bat as an analogical-metaphorical-comical device in commentary about the...

By John Charles Thomas (Author), W. Taylor Reveley III (Foreword) This inspiring memoir begins in 1983, on the day John Charles Thomas was sworn in as the first Black―and, at...

By Virginia M. Kendall (Author), T. Markus Funk (Author), Richard A. Posner (Foreword) Each year, more than two million children around the world fall victim to commercial sexual and labor...

By Hon. M. Margaret McKeown Author) U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas was a giant in the legal world, even if he is often remembered for his four wives,...

Hardcover By Kenneth W. Jost The Supreme Court A to Z offers accessible information about the Supreme Court, including its history, traditions, organization, dynamics, and personalities. The entries in The...

By Christopher James Bonner (Author) Citizenship in the nineteenth-century United States was an ever-moving target. The Constitution did not specify its exact meaning, leaving lawmakers and other Americans to struggle...

 By Bob Burke (Author), Vicki Miles-LaGrange (Author, Editor), Gini Moore Campbell (Author), Kenny Arthur Franks & Gini Moore Campbell (Editor) Jimmy Stewart was at the forefront of the struggle for...

By Scott M. Matheson Jr (Author) From the Constitution’s adoption, presidents, Congress, judges, scholars, the press, and the public have debated the appropriate scope of presidential power during a crisis,...