Adult Readers

By David Miles (Author) Do you know what's actually in the full Declaration of Independence? How it was written? What was happening at the time? How to read the formal language? Don't...

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 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 Mark Curriden and Leroy Phillips In this profound and fascinating book, the authors revisit an overlooked Supreme Court decision that changed forever how justice is carried out in the...

By the late Bernard Schwartz (Author) When the first Supreme Court convened in 1790, it was so ill-esteemed that its justices frequently resigned in favor of other pursuits. John Rutledge...

By Alison L. LaCroix A synthesis of legal, political, and social history to show how the post-founding generations were forced to rethink and substantially revise the U.S. constitutional vision Between 1815...

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

An inclusive and comprehensive examination of the political thought of Douglas alongside of antislavery contemporaries like Abraham Lincoln and Charles Sumner.  Author Peter C. Myers captures Douglas's vivid discontent  as...

George Washington's nephew and heir was a Supreme Court Justice for over 30 years and left an indelible mark on American Law - yet he is unknown to most Americans. ...

By Peter Charles Hoffer The far-reaching Sedition Act of 1798 was introduced by Federalists to suppress Republican support of French revolutionaries and imposed fines and imprisonment "if any person shall...

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...

By Howard Ball Twice denied admission to a California medical school despite better grades and test scores than successful minority applicants, Allan Bakke took his grievance to court and set...