Government, Law and Public Policy

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

Updated September 3, 2025
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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...
Who is government? the untold story of public service
Lewis, Michael
Ebook
"Perhaps never before has there been a book better timed or more urgent." --Washington Post One of President Obama's 2025 Summer Reads As seen on CBS Mornings, CNN Anderson Cooper, ABC News Live, MSNBC Morning Joe, and many more ...
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 A sharp indictment of both American foreign policy and the national myths that support it, and an urgent warning of the threat that U.S....
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,...
Money, lies, and God : inside the movement to destroy American democracy
Stewart, Katherine
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An eerily prescient guide to the phantasmagoria of our political moment."-The New York Times Book Review "American democracy isn't simply dying. It is, as Stewart observes, being murdered."-The New...
Campus free speech a pocket guide
Sunstein, Cass R.
Ebook
A Forbes Best Higher Education Book of the Year From renowned legal scholar Cass R. Sunstein, a concise, case-by-case guide to resolving free-speech dilemmas at colleges and universities. Free speech is indispensable on college campuses: allowing varied...
American heretics religious adversaries of liberal order
Copulsky, Jerome E.
Ebook
A penetrating account of the religious critics of American liberalism, pluralism, and democracy--from the Revolution until today   "A chilling consideration of persistent mutations of American thought still threatening our pluralist democracy."--Kirkus...
Original sin President Biden's decline, its cover-up, and his disastrous choice to run again
Tapper, Jake
Ebook
THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Superbly reported . . . Reads like a Shakespearean drama on steroids." -- Los Angeles Times "Explosive." --The New York Times "[The] most significant book to date about Biden's cognitive decline."...
On Leadership: Lessons for the 21st Century
Blair, Tony.
Ebook
The leadership manual Tony Blair wishes he had when he became prime minister, with personal insights and global examples that show aspiring leaders how to go from talking about change to making change. Sir Tony Blair learnt the precepts of governing the hard way: by...
Chokepoints American power in the age of economic warfare
Fishman, Edward (Foreign policy expert)
Ebook
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Deftly written, Chokepoints is a compelling and dramatic narrative about the new shape of geopolitics." -- Daniel Yergin, The Wall Street Journal "A timely, riveting world tour...[An] absorbing book." ...

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