Summer Reading

By Nina Totenberg NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and life-affirming relationships, including her beautiful friendship of nearly fifty years with Supreme Court...

  By Sonia Sotomayor *Signed by Author Todas las noches, cuando Sonia se va a dormir, Mami le hace la misma pregunta: ¿Qué hicistepara ayudar hoy? Y como al igual...

By Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg never asked for fame, she has only tried to make the world a little better and a little...

  By Wil Haygood Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny...

By Bryan A Garner (Author), Antonin Scalia (Author) This book presents every important idea about judicial persuasion in a fresh, entertaining way. It is a guide for novice and experienced litigators...

By Lynne Cheney “I am mortified beyond expression when I view the clouds which have spread over the brightest morn that ever dawned upon any country.” —George WashingtonAmerica had won...

By Inc Harcourt (Author), Miriam Chernick (Author), Richard Brown (Illustrator) For children on school trips or traveling with their families, here is kid-friendly information about popular monuments, museums, exhibits, shopping,...

By Kekla Magoon, Illustrated by Laura Freeman A brilliant picture book biography about Thurgood Marshall, who fought for equality during the Civil Rights Movement and served as the first Black...

By Peter Irons Virtually every aspect of our society has been fundamentally influenced by the Supreme Court decisions.  This work traces the history of America's highest court and its rulings...

Paperback Edited by Clare Cushman and Melvin I. Urofsky Few decisions in constitutional law have had as dramatic an impact on American life as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,...

By Jeffrey Rosen "Signed Bookplate" The Declaration of Independence identified “the pursuit of happiness” as one of our unalienable rights, along with life and liberty. Jeffrey Rosen, the president of...

By Peter Charles Hoffer, William James Hull Hoffer, N.E.H. Hull For more than two centuries, the U.S. Supreme Court has provided a battleground for nearly every controversial issue in our nation’s history....