Catalog Search Results
Showing Results using Keyword index
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In this definitive deep dive into the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, two women with extraordinary behind-the-scenes access--The Federalist senior editor Mollie Hemingway and Judicial Crisis Network senior counsel Carrie Severino--reveal what really happened and explore what the bitterly divisive hearings mean for the future of the Court and the battle for the soul of America. --from Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In 1801, a genial and brilliant Revolutionary War veteran and politician became the fourth chief justice of the United States. He would hold the post for 34 years (still a record), expounding the Constitution he loved. Before he joined the Supreme Court, it was the weakling of the federal government, lacking in dignity and clout. After he died, it could never be ignored again. Through three decades of dramatic cases involving businessmen, scoundrels,...
83) Marshall
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career defining cases.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
As a student, teacher, lawyer, and judge, Ruth often experienced unfair treatment. But she persisted, becoming a cultural icon, championing equality in pay and opportunity. Her brilliant mind, compelling arguments, and staunch commitment to truth and justice have convinced many to stand with her, and her fight continues to this day.
Publisher
Melville House Pub
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The complete text of the landmark Supreme Court decision on marriage equality The 2015 Supreme Court decision Obergefell et al. v. Hodges legalized gay marriage across the United States. This edition collects the widely quoted decision by Justice Kennedy, as well as the dissents of Justices Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, and Alito. Of tremendous interest to general readers and students of American history, The U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Amy Coney Barrett was nominated for the Supreme Court by President Donald Trump and confirmed in October 2020. Learn about her background, her time as a law professor at Notre Dame, and how she is likely to shape the Court"--
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Español
Description
" ... En agosto de 2009, Sonia Sotomayor se convirtió en la primera mujer latina en llegar a lo más alto del sistema judicial norteamericano--'Sonia Sotomayor : una sabia decisión' relata cómo llegó hasta ahí. Criada por una tenaz madre viuda, desde muy joven Sonia sabía que quería ser abogado, pasando las tardes leyendo las novelas de Nancy Drew y ojeando la Enciclopedia Británica. Más adelante conocemos a la Sonia licenicada pos las universidades...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Disability Awareness Guest List
Latinx Authors: Picture Books
Schneider Family Book Award
Three, Four Tell Me More: Kindness
Latinx Authors: Picture Books
Schneider Family Book Award
Three, Four Tell Me More: Kindness
Description
Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful and enjoyable, different types of people make our world more vibrant and wonderful. In Just Ask, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrates the different abilities kids (and people of all ages) have. Using her own experience as a child who was diagnosed with diabetes, Justice Sotomayor...
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
ALTERNATIVE FACTS: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 is a documentary feature film about the false information and political influences which led to the World War ll incarceration of Japanese Americans. The film exposes the lies used to justify the decision and the cover-up that went all the way to the United States Supreme Court. ALTERNATIVE FACTS also examines the parallels to the current climate of fear, targeting of immigrant and religious communities,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Supreme Ambition is a page-turner that traces how Brett Kavanaugh deftly maneuvered to become the nominee; how he quashed resistance from Republicans who worried he was too squishy on conservative issues and from a president reluctant to reward a George W. Bush loyalist. It shows a Republican party that had concluded Kavanaugh was too big to fail, with senators and the FBI ignoring potentially devastating evidence against him. And it paints a picture...
93) William Taft
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to William Taft including his early political career and key events from Taft's administration including forming the US Children's Bureau and Arizona and New Mexico becoming states. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Regnery Gateway
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
The brutal confirmation battles we saw over Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh are symptoms of a larger problem with our third branch of government, a problem that began long before Kavanaugh, Merrick Garland, Clarence Thomas, or even Robert Bork: the courts' own self-corruption, aiding and abetting the expansion of federal power. Ilya Shapiro, director of the Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies, takes readers inside...
97) Supreme justice
Author
Series
Reeder and Rogers volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"After taking a bullet for his commander-in-chief, Secret Service agent Joseph Reeder is a hero. But his outspoken criticism of the president he saved--who had stacked the Supreme Court with hard-right justices to overturn Roe v. Wade, amp up the Patriot Act, and shred the First Amendment--put Reeder at odds with the Service's apolitical nature, making him an outcast. FBI agent Patti Rogers finds herself paired with the unpopular former agent on a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When a justice of the Supreme Court is killed by the police officer assigned to protect him, the country is shocked. Hayley Chill's superiors suspect the assassination is part of a major conspiracy. In Maui, where one member of the Supreme Court owns a vacation home, a busload of children is taken hostage with the justice's death as ransom. Together with a deputy US marshal, Hayley embarks on the monumental task of rescuing the children while also...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"A Spanish translation of the picture book autobiography of Sonia Sotomayor, Turning Pages"--
Al ser la primera mujer latina en ser jueza del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor es una inspiración para los jóvenes de todas las partes del mundo en la lucha por lograr sus sueños. Pero ¿qué la inspiró a ella? Para la joven Sonia, la respuesta es: ¡los libros! Eran su espejo, sus mapas, sus amigos y sus maestros. Los libros la...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells her own story for young readers for the very first time! As the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor has inspired young people around the world to reach for their dreams. But what inspired her? For young Sonia, the answer was books! They were her mirrors, her maps, her friends, and her teachers. They helped her to connect with her family in New York and in Puerto Rico, to deal with her diabetes...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request