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"Few American institutions have inflicted greater suffering on ordinary people than the Supreme Court of the United States. In this powerful indictment of a venerated institution, constitutional law expert Ian Millhiser tells the history of the Supreme Court through the eyes of everyday people who have suffered the most as a result of its judgements. The justices built a nation where children toiled in coal mines and cotton mills, where Americans could be forced into camps because of their race, and where women were sterilized at the command of states. The Court was the midwife of Jim Crow,…
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5 editions- Paperback · English · 2016Bold Type Books · 368 pages · 9781568585697
- Other · English · 2016PublicAffairs · 9781568585857
- Other · English · 2015Nation Books · 351 pages · 9781568584560
- Other · English · 2015PublicAffairs · 9781568584577
- Other · English · 2015PublicAffairs · 9781336201620
Civil rightsPolitical questions and judicial powerSocial justiceUnited States. Supreme CourtUnited StatesLawHistoryLAW / Government / Federal






