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Thirty years ago, Laney, Mia, Betts, and Ginger were roommates and best friends in law school. Collectively nicknamed the Ms. Bradwells by a professor their relationship has weathered marriage, divorce, children, and death, but when Betts's Supreme Court nomination is threatened by questions about the death of a young man at a party they attended decades ago, the women retreat to the scene of the crime--Ginger's mother's summer house--to untangle...
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Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Reveals what really happened behind the scenes of the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and discusses what the bitterly divisive hearings mean for the future of the Court and the battle for the soul of America.
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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So you want to be a Supreme Court justice? Find out the requirements, the roles and responsibilities, and how you can put yourself on the path to sitting on the highest court in the nation.
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Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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“You have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy.” BRETT KAVANAUGH. In this deeply researched account, one of Washingtons top legal reporters reveals the massive funding, sophisticated organization, and fanatical zeal behind the campaign to stop Brett Kavanaugh's appointment to the nation's highest court. Trump had promised to nominate only Scalia-style “originalists” to the Courta promise he backed up with a list of potential...
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Twelve
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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An award-winning investigative journalist presents an account of the life and confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, featuring interviews with his accusers and evidence of his deceptions amongst the Republican Party’s drive toward the far right.
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The Penguin Press
Pub. Date
c2009
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English
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From renowned political theorist and Pulitzer Prize winner James MacGregor Burns, an illuminating critique of how an unstable, unaccountable, and frequently partisan Supreme Court has come to wield more power than the founding fathers ever intended.
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Regnery Publishing ; a division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Senator Cruz argues that the high court decisions that affect your life have been decided by just one vote. Case studies illustrate his point that one vote preserves your right to speak freely, to bear arms, and to exercise your faith.
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Kerry Kilcannon trilogy volume 2
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Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
2000.
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English
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A newly elected president faces the unexpected chance to nominate a new chief ustice of the Supreme Court. His first choice is a nationally respected Court of Appeals judge, a woman whose nomination faces two serious obstacles: a long-held personal secret; and the prospect that a volatile abortion case--a trial pitting a 15-year old girl against her pro-life parents--will come before the court. And, the Senate majority leader is determined to thwart...
14) Confirmation
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Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Look behind the curtain of Washington politics, depicting the explosive 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings where Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment. The hearings brought the country to a standstill and became a pivotal moment in American culture forever changing how people perceive and experience workplace equality and gender politics.
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"'About this Book' At the end of the Supreme Court's 2019-2020 term, the center was holding. The predictions that the Court would move irrevocably to the radical right hadn't come to pass, as the justices released surprisingly moderate opinions on cases involving abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and how local governments could handle the pandemic, all shepherded by Chief Justice John Roberts. By the end of the 2020-2021 term, much about our the nation's...
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Karen Hollander is a celebrated attorney who recently removed herself from consideration for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her reasons have their roots in 1968, an episode she's managed to keep secret for more than forty years. Now, with the imminent publication of her memoir, she's about to let the world in on that shocking secret, as soon as she can track down the answers to a few crucial last questions. Today, only a handful of people...
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The New Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"A senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee recounts how anonymous donors seized control of the U.S. Judiciary, including the Supreme Court “An absolute must-read.” —Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) Following his book Captured on corporate capture of regulatory and government agencies, and his years of experience as a prosecutor, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse here turns his attention to the right-wing scheme to capture the courts, and...
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Center Street
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"The left's partisan push to pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices has fully migrated from the fringes into the mainstream of Democratic politics. It wasn't long ago that liberal icons, including the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, were against the idea of overhauling the court for political gain. But now, in the Biden era, more and more powerful Democrats are getting behind the cause, claiming the high court is broken and actively...
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U.S. General Accounting Office
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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Report examines Dept. of Justice's hiring processes for entry-level and lateral (i.e., experienced) career attorneys, the types of monetary awards Justice grants to political appointees' and the number of awards granted from 1993 through 2002, and the Dept. of Justice's selection process for the position of the Assistant Attorney General for Administration.
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