The Republicans just gained a 6-3 majority on the Court. This timely book presents an unflinching view of what this means for critical issues facing the court, and is likely to be the first book to examine the impact of Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation on the Court's decisions.
This unprecedented and unwavering history of the Supreme Court- told through the eyes of people who have suffered the most as a result of its judgements- shows how its decisions have consistently favoured the moneyed and powerful, from Reconstruction to the present day.
Now with a new epilogue.Few American institutions have inflicted greater suffering on ordinary people than the Supreme Court of the United States. Since its inception, the justices of the Supreme Court have shaped a nation where children toiled in coal mines, where Americans could be forced into camps because of their race, and where a woman could be sterilized against her will by state law. The Court was the midwife of Jim Crow, the right han...
