The Roberts Court, 9781451627527
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Landmark cases, great divides: witness the Roberts Court in action.

The Roberts Court

the struggle for the constitution

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    464 pages

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    20 May 2014

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Summary

The Roberts Court: A Battle for the Constitution

For years, the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John Roberts has been at the center of a constitutional maelstrom. This is an examination of four landmark cases is “informative, insightful, clear and fair… Coyle reminds us that Supreme Court decisions matter. A lot.”

Seven minutes after President Obama put his signature to a landmark national health care insurance program, a lawyer in the office of Florida GOP attorney gener…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781451627527
ISBN-10:1451627521
Author:Marcia Coyle
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Simon & Schuster
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:20 May 2014
Weight:408g
Dimensions:208mm x 137mm x 33mm
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Critics Review

“The great strength of Coyle’s book is the depth and balance of her reporting… By allowing all the participants to speak in their own voices, she gives us a nuanced sense of how conservative and libertarian lawyers strategically litigated these cases and transformed the law…. [an] insightful book.”

About The Author

Marcia Coyle

Marcia Coyle is the Chief Washington Correspondent for The National Law Journal. A lawyer and journalist, Coyle has covered the Supreme Court for twenty years. She regularly appears on PBS’s NewsHour. Her work has earned numerous national journalism awards, including the George Polk Award for legal reporting, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for outstanding investigative reporting, the Scripps Howard Foundation Award for environmental reporting, and the American Judicature Society’s Toni House Journalism Award.

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