Government, Law and Public Policy

Recent movers and shakers in government, law and public policy.

Updated April 16, 2025
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The originalism trap how extremists stole the constitution and how we the people can take it back
Dennie, Madiba K.
Ebook
A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism--the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives say the Founders meant it "The greatest trick conservatives ever pulled was...
The year of living constitutionally one man's humble quest to follow the Constitution's original meaning
Jacobs, A. J.
Ebook
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically chronicles his hilarious adventures in attempting to follow the original meaning of the Constitution, as he searches for answers to one of the most pressing issues of our time- How should we interpret America's...
Truths the future of America First
Ramaswamy, Vivek
Ebook
New York Times bestselling author, accomplished entrepreneur, and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has a plan to save America, and it begins with telling the truth. Today's conservatives know what they're against. They're anti-woke, anti-globalist, anti-big...
Framed astonishing true stories of wrongful convictions
Grisham, John
Ebook
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "The master of the legal thriller" (Associated Press) teams up with "the godfather of the innocence movement" (Texas Monthly) to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions. "Each of these stories is told with astonishing...
Against constitutional originalism a historical critique
Gienapp, Jonathan
Ebook
A detailed and compelling examination of how the legal theory of originalism ignores and distorts the very constitutional history from which it derives interpretive authority   "What are the chances that, in 2024, a new book could fundamentally reorient how...
The myth of American idealism how U.S. foreign policy endangers the world
Chomsky, Noam
Ebook
"For anyone wanting to find out more about the world we live in . . . there is one simple answer: read Noam Chomsky." --The New Statesman From one of the world's most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that U.S. power poses to humanity's future as well as...
Ungoverning the attack on the administrative state and the politics of chaos
Muirhead, Russell
Ebook
How a concentrated attack on political institutions threatens to disable the essential workings of government In this unsettling book, Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum trace how ungoverning--the deliberate effort to dismantle the capacity of government to do its work--has...
Bringing Ben home a murder, a conviction, and the fight to redeem American justice
Bradley Hagerty, Barbara
Ebook
In 1989, Ben Spencer, a twenty-two-year-old Black man from Dallas, was convicted of murdering white businessman Jeffrey Young - a crime he didn't commit. From the day of his arrest, Spencer insisted that it was 'an awful mistake.' The Texas legal system didn't see it that way. It allowed shoddy...
The tech coup how to save democracy from Silicon Valley
Schaake, Marietje
Ebook
A tech insider who has been hailed by The New Yorker for her "forceful critique" of Big Tech describes what must be done to stop its erosion of democracy Over the past decades, under the cover of "innovation," technology companies have successfully resisted regulation...
The hollow parties the many pasts and disordered present of American party politics
Schlozman, Daniel
Ebook
A major history from the Founding to our embittered present that "explains the void" (Politico) at the center of America's political parties Featured on The Ezra Klein Show and The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart America's political parties are...
Countdown 1960 the behind-the-scenes story of the 312 days that changed America's politics forever
Wallace, Chris
Ebook
Instant New York Times Bestseller The riveting new book on the momentous year, campaign, and election that shaped American history It's January 2, 1960: the day that Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy declared his candidacy; and with this opening scene,...

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