The Wisdom of the Supreme Court - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Wisdom of the Supreme Court write by Percival E. Jackson. This book was released on 1991. The Wisdom of the Supreme Court available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Essential Wisdom of the Supreme Court
The Essential Wisdom of the Supreme Court - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Essential Wisdom of the Supreme Court write by Carol Kelly-Gangi. This book was released on 2019. The Essential Wisdom of the Supreme Court available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Millions of Americans are concerned about the current state of our politics. In these turbulent times, we can look to past and current Supreme Court justices for a measure of guidance, fortitude, and inspiration. In this carefully curated collection, Carol Kelly-Gangi gathers together hundreds of quotations from the justices who have exerted the most influence over the Court. These selections are drawn from legal opinions as well as speeches, interviews, statement, essays, books, and other writings. They are arranged thematically... Their words offer an enlightening, engaging view of the foremost authorities on the law of the land and their wise counsel." --Adapted from the inside of book jacket.
Wisdom of the Supreme Court
Wisdom of the Supreme Court - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wisdom of the Supreme Court write by . This book was released on 1962. Wisdom of the Supreme Court available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Champion of Civil Rights
Champion of Civil Rights - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Champion of Civil Rights write by Joel William Friedman. This book was released on 2009-01-01. Champion of Civil Rights available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of the least publicly recognized heroes of the civil rights movement in the United States, John Minor Wisdom served as a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1957 until his death in 1999 and wrote many of the landmark decisions instrumental in desegregating the American South. In this revealing biography, law professor Joel William Friedman explores Judge Wisdom's substantial legal contributions and political work at a critical time in the history of the South. In 1957, President Eisenhower appointed Wisdom to the Fifth Circuit, which included some of the most deeply segregated southern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. In the tumultuous two decades following its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court issued only a few civil rights decisions, preferring instead to affirm Fifth Circuit Court opinions or let them stand without hearing an appeal. Judge Wisdom, therefore, authored many of the decisions that transformed the South and broke down barriers of all kinds for African Americans, including the desegregation of public schools. In preparing this first full-length biography of Judge Wisdom, Friedman had unrestricted access to Wisdom's voluminous repository of personal and professional papers. In addition, he draws on personal interviews with law clerks who served under Judge Wisdom, resulting in a unique, behind-the-scenes account of some of the nation's most important legal decisions: the admission of the first black student to the University of Mississippi, the initiation of contempt proceedings against Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett, and the destruction of obstacles that had previously kept black Americans from voting. Friedman also explores Wisdom's political life prior to joining the federal bench, including his pivotal role in resurrecting the Louisiana Republican Party and in securing the Republican presidential nomination for Eisenhower. A compelling account of how a child of privilege from one of America's most socially and racially stratified cities came to serve as the driving force behind the legal effort to end segregation, Champion of Civil Rights offers judicial biography at its best.
The Supreme Court on Unions
The Supreme Court on Unions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Supreme Court on Unions write by Julius G. Getman. This book was released on 2016-05-19. The Supreme Court on Unions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Labor unions and courts have rarely been allies. From their earliest efforts to organize, unions have been confronted with hostile judges and antiunion doctrines. In this book, Julius G. Getman argues that while the role of the Supreme Court has become more central in shaping labor law, its opinions betray a profound ignorance of labor relations along with a persisting bias against unions. In The Supreme Court on Unions, Getman critically examines the decisions of the nation’s highest court in those areas that are crucial to unions and the workers they represent: organizing, bargaining, strikes, and dispute resolution. As he discusses Supreme Court decisions dealing with unions and labor in a variety of different areas, Getman offers an interesting historical perspective to illuminate the ways in which the Court has been an influence in the failures of the labor movement. During more than sixty years that have seen the Supreme Court take a dominant role, both unions and the institution of collective bargaining have been substantially weakened. While it is difficult to measure the extent of the Court’s responsibility for the current weak state of organized labor and many other factors have, of course, contributed, it seems clear to Getman that the Supreme Court has played an important role in transforming the law and defeating policies that support the labor movement.
