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September 17, 2023

Q & A: Cliff Sloan Talks About His New Book About the Supreme Court During WW II

September 17, 2023/ Adam Cohen
Q & A: Cliff Sloan Talks About His New Book About the Supreme Court During WW II

It Was the Best of Courts and the Worst of Courts — and One Filled with Large Personalities

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September 17, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Supreme Court, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
September 26, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: Women Lawyers Saving America, Japanese-American Soldiers, and More

September 26, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Women Lawyers Saving America, Japanese-American Soldiers, and More

And the Violence Directed at Black Americans in the Jim Crow Era

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September 26, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Supreme Court, Jim Crow
November 21, 2021

REVIEW: Linda Greenhouse Warns that the Supreme Court is 'On the Brink'

November 21, 2021/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Linda Greenhouse Warns that the Supreme Court is 'On the Brink'

Donald Trump’s Nominees are Now in the Driver’s Seat

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November 21, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Supreme Court, Justice, Amy Coney Barrett
July 27, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Justice in the Jim Crow South, a Poet's Tragic Memoir, and More

July 27, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Justice in the Jim Crow South, a Poet's Tragic Memoir, and More

And Untold Stories From a Louisiana Home for Lepers

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July 27, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Civil Rights, Supreme Court, 19th Century Japan
March 24, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Climate Change in the Supreme Court, a "Fallen Woman," and More

March 24, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Climate Change in the Supreme Court, a "Fallen Woman," and More

And a Lively Tour through the World of Crossword Puzzles

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March 24, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Climate Change, Supreme Court
February 06, 2020

Q and A: Two N.Y. Times Reporters Talk About their Investigative Book about Brett Kavanaugh

February 06, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Two N.Y. Times Reporters Talk About their Investigative Book about Brett Kavanaugh

On Collaboration, Shoeleather Reporting — and All of those Greek and Latin Chapter Names

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February 06, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court, Me Too
November 08, 2018

Q&A: Law Professor Justin Driver on the How the Law Affects Our Schools

November 08, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Law Professor Justin Driver on the How the Law Affects Our Schools

With Some Thoughts about Integration, Religion, Immigration, and Affirmative Action

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November 08, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Schools, Supreme Court
March 12, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Putin and Trump, Justice Scalia as Change Agent, and More

March 12, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Putin and Trump, Justice Scalia as Change Agent, and More

And a Look at Four Iconic American Women Who Changed the World

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March 12, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Vladamir Putin, Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court
May 24, 2017

Q&A: How Did We End Up with this Far-Right Supreme Court?

May 24, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: How Did We End Up with this Far-Right Supreme Court?

Historian Laura Kalman Traces it All Back to Richard Nixon

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May 24, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Supreme Court, Conservatism, Law, Right-Wing Politics, Richard Nixon
March 01, 2017

ESSAY: On the Gorsuch Nomination -- and Remembering Thurgood Marshall

March 01, 2017/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: On the Gorsuch Nomination -- and Remembering Thurgood Marshall

Oh for the Days When a Supreme Court Appointment Moved the Nation Forward

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March 01, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Essay
Neil Gorsuch, Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court
June 06, 2016

5 Hot Books: The GOP's Secret Plan for World Dominance, a Highly Anticipated Novel on the Manson Family Women & More

June 06, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: The GOP's Secret Plan for World Dominance, a Highly Anticipated Novel on the Manson Family Women & More

And Linda Greenhouse Explores the Often-Overlooked Burger Era on the Supreme Court

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June 06, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Republicans, Supreme Court, Manson Family, First Novels
April 08, 2016

Q&A: The Pioneering Female New Deal Lawyer Who Went from an Orphan's Home to the Supreme Court

April 08, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: The Pioneering Female New Deal Lawyer Who Went from an Orphan's Home to the Supreme Court

Bessie Margolin shaped equal rights law for generations -- and prosecuted Nazis

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April 08, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
Q & A
New Deal, Law, Women, Supreme Court, Biography
March 01, 2016

ESSAY: What the Supreme Court’s Infamous 1927 Eugenics Decision Tells Us About Filling Justice Scalia’s Seat

March 01, 2016/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: What the Supreme Court’s Infamous 1927 Eugenics Decision Tells Us About Filling Justice Scalia’s Seat

We need fewer justices who instinctively side with the powerful

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March 01, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Essay
Supreme Court, Law, Eugenics
September 30, 2015

Review: The Amazing Adventures of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor

September 30, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Review: The Amazing Adventures of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor

By Eileen Hershenov

How a Supreme Court Odd Couple Fought for Women's Equality

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September 30, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
Review
Law, Supreme Court, Women, Biography, Non-Fiction, Eileen Hershenov
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