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The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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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. In this Very
Short Introduction, she draws on her deep knowledge of the court's
history and of its written and unwritten rules to show readers how
the Supreme Court really works. Greenhouse offers a fascinating
institutional biography of a place and its people-men and women who
exercise great power but whose names and faces are unrecognized by
many Americans and whose work often appears cloaked in mystery. How
do cases get to the Supreme Court? How do the justices go about
deciding them? What special role does the chief justice play? What
do the law clerks do? How does the court relate to the other
branches of government? Greenhouse answers these questions by
depicting the justices as they confront deep constitutional issues
or wrestle with the meaning of confusing federal statutes.
Throughout, the author examines many individual Supreme Court cases
to illustrate points under discussion, ranging from Marbury v.
Madison, the seminal case which established judicial review, to the
recent District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), which struck down the
District of Columbia's gun-control statute and which was,
surprisingly, the first time in its history that the Court issued
an authoritative interpretation of the Second Amendment. To add
perspective, Greenhouse also compares the Court to foreign courts,
revealing interesting differences. For instance, no other country
in the world has chosen to bestow life tenure on its judges. The
second edition of Greenhouse's Very Short Introduction tracks the
changes in the Court's makeup over the last eight years, considers
the landmark decisions of the Obama and Trump eras, and reexamines
the precarious fates of such precedents as Roe v. Wade. A superb
overview packed with telling details, this volume offers a
matchless introduction to one of the pillars of American
government.
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