The Supreme Court

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Updated December 18, 2025
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The Oxford guide to United States Supreme Court decisions
Hall, Kermit L.
Paper Book
The Supreme Court has been the site of some of the great debates of American history, from child labor and prayer in the schools, to busing and abortion. The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions offers lively and insightful accounts of the most important cases ever argued before the...
A people's history of the Supreme Court : the men and women whose cases and decisions have shaped our Constitution
Irons, Peter H.
Paper Book
A comprehensive history of the people and cases that have changed history, this is the definitive account of the nation's highest court featuring a forward by Howard Zinn Recent changes in the Supreme Court have placed the venerable institution at the forefront of current affairs...

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