Adult Readers

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 Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick *Signed Bookplate A renowned constitutional scholar and a rising star provide a balanced and definitive analysis of the origins and original meaning of...

  By David Rubenstein *Signed Bookplate Through his popular program The David Rubenstein Show, David Rubenstein has established himself as one of our most thoughtful interviewers. Now, in The American...

  By Steve Luxenberg *Signed Bookplate equal,” created remarkably little stir when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision on May 18, 1896. Yet it is one of the most compelling...

By Randy E. Barnett A concise history of the long struggle between two fundamentally opposing constitutional traditions, from one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars—a manifesto for renewing our constitutional...

  By David Rubenstein *Signed Bookplate Rubenstein—some of our nations’ greatest minds explore the inspiring story of America as a grand experiment in democracy, culture, innovation, and ideas.-Jill Lepore on the...

  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...

  By Philippa Strum *Signed Bookplate In June 2001, there was a decidedly new look to the graduating class at Virginia Military Institute. For the first time ever, the line...

Hardcover By Kermit L. Hall and John J. Patrick With a survey of the thirty Supreme Court cases that, in the opinion of U.S. Supreme Court justices and leading civics...

Hardcover/Softcover By Nichola D. Gutgold The Supreme Court is one of the most traditional institutions in America that has been an exclusively male domain for almost two hundred years. From...

  By Walter Stahr *Signed Bookplate Salmon P. Chase is best remembered as a rival of Lincoln’s for the Republican nomination in 1860—but there would not have been a national Republican Party,...

Hardcover Edited by Clare Cushman The Supreme Court Justices: Illustrated Biographies 1789-2012, Third Edition provides a single-volume reference profiling every Supreme Court justice from John Jay through Elena Kagan. An...