Supreme Court For DummiesISBN: 978-0-7645-0886-8
Paperback
384 pages
October 2002
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Introduction.
PART I: "WE'LL TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT".
Chapter 1: Considering the Court of Last Resort.
Chapter 2: Getting to Cert.
Chapter 3: Making a Decision.
PART II: JUDGING THE JUSTICES.
Chapter 4: Make No Mistake, These Justices Are Politicians: The Conformation Contest.
Chapter 5: First Among Equals: The Chief Justice.
Chapter 6: A Touch of Class: Some Notable Justices.
Chapter 7: Rogues Gallery: Some Notorious Justices.
PART III: SETTING PRECEDENTS: CASES THAT COUNT.
Chapter 8: The First Amendment is the First Amendment.
Chapter 9:Due Process: What It Is, and Who Gets It?
Chapter 10: Equal Protection: How Equal Is It?
PART IV: HIGH DRAMA ON THE HIGH COURT.
Chapter 11: Dred Scott and Civil War.
Chapter 12: Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement.
PART V: UNDERSTANDING SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Chapter 13: Using the Internet: Your Best Bet.
Chapter 14: The Supreme Court Reporter Is Not a Magazine: Traditional Research.
PART VI: BECOMING A COURT INSIDER.
Chapter 15: Law Clerks: The Worker Bees.
Chapter 16: They Also Serve: Other Court Staff.
PART VII: THE PART OF TENS.
Chapter 17: The Court's Ten Best Decisions.
Chapter 18: The Court's Ten Worst Decisions.
Chapter 19: Ten Ways the Court Has Changed the Course of History.
PART VIII: APPENDIXES.
Appendix A: Common Legal Terms.
Appendix B: Constitution of the United States of America.
Appendix C: Justices of the Supreme Court.
Index.
PART I: "WE'LL TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT".
Chapter 1: Considering the Court of Last Resort.
Chapter 2: Getting to Cert.
Chapter 3: Making a Decision.
PART II: JUDGING THE JUSTICES.
Chapter 4: Make No Mistake, These Justices Are Politicians: The Conformation Contest.
Chapter 5: First Among Equals: The Chief Justice.
Chapter 6: A Touch of Class: Some Notable Justices.
Chapter 7: Rogues Gallery: Some Notorious Justices.
PART III: SETTING PRECEDENTS: CASES THAT COUNT.
Chapter 8: The First Amendment is the First Amendment.
Chapter 9:Due Process: What It Is, and Who Gets It?
Chapter 10: Equal Protection: How Equal Is It?
PART IV: HIGH DRAMA ON THE HIGH COURT.
Chapter 11: Dred Scott and Civil War.
Chapter 12: Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement.
PART V: UNDERSTANDING SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Chapter 13: Using the Internet: Your Best Bet.
Chapter 14: The Supreme Court Reporter Is Not a Magazine: Traditional Research.
PART VI: BECOMING A COURT INSIDER.
Chapter 15: Law Clerks: The Worker Bees.
Chapter 16: They Also Serve: Other Court Staff.
PART VII: THE PART OF TENS.
Chapter 17: The Court's Ten Best Decisions.
Chapter 18: The Court's Ten Worst Decisions.
Chapter 19: Ten Ways the Court Has Changed the Course of History.
PART VIII: APPENDIXES.
Appendix A: Common Legal Terms.
Appendix B: Constitution of the United States of America.
Appendix C: Justices of the Supreme Court.
Index.
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