Adult Readers

  By James F. Simon *Signed Bookplate The bitter and protracted struggle between President Thomas Jefferson and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall defined the basic constitutional relationship between the...

By Jeffrey S. Sutton *Signed Bookplate America--encompassing the systems of all 51 governments--should have a role in assessing the right balance of power among all branches of our state and...

  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 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 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,...

  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...

By Jeffrey S. Sutton *Signed Bookplate When we think of constitutional law, we invariably think of the United States Supreme Court and the federal court system. Yet much of our...

By Marlene Trestman (Author) *Signed Bookplate Through a life that spanned every decade of the twentieth century, Supreme Court advocate Bessie Margolin shaped modern American labor policy while creating a...

  By Mark V. Tushnet *Signed Bookplate From the 1930s to the early 1960s civil rights law was made primarily through constitutional litigation. Before Rosa Parks could ignite a Montgomery...

By Brad Snyder *Signed Bookplate In this sweeping narrative of Felix Frankfurter, Brad Snyder offers a full and fascinating portrait of the remarkable life and legacy of a long-misunderstood American...