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Hardcover By Bryant Johnson Have you ever wondered what keeps Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the Supreme Court’s favorite octogenarians, so sprightly? She owes it in part to the...

By Evan Thomas She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers,...

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 William H. Rehnquist Chief Justice Rehnquist’s engaging writing illuminates both the high and low points in the Court's history, from Chief Justice Marshall’s dominance of the Court during the...

By Antonin Scalia (Author), Bryan A. Gardner (Author), Frank H. Easterbrook (Foreword) In this groundbreaking book, Scalia and Garner systematically explain all the most important principles of constitutional, statutory, and contractual interpretation...

  By Joan Biskupic *Signed Bookplate Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first woman justice, became the axis on which the Supreme Court turned. She was called the most powerful woman in...

Sandra Day O'Connor and H. Alan Day Here is the remarkable story of Sandra Day O'Connor's family and early life, her journey to adulthood in the American Southwest that helped...

By Linda Greenhouse For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New York Times....

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 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 Brad Snyder *Signed Bookplate After the 1969 season, the St. Louis Cardinals traded their star center fielder, Curt Flood, to the Philadelphia Phillies, setting off a chain of...

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...