San Antonio College Library

Includes a full page biography and a full page color portrait of each Chief Justice and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

Cases and constitutional issues covered include abortion (Roe v. Wade); Vietnam War; Pentagon Papers; busing and school desegregation; executive privilege (Watergate Affair); death penalty; obscenity and pornography.

A comprehensive history of the United States Supreme Court from its ill-esteemed beginning in 1790 to one of the most important and controversial branches of the Federal government.

Volume V in a series of books discussing the lives and major decisions of U.S. Supreme Court Justices.

"In 1959, the Supreme Court ushered in a new era of Indian law, which recognizes Indian tribes as permanent governments within the federal constitutional system and, on the whole, honors old promises to the Indians. Drawing together historical sources such as the records of treaty negotiations with the Indians, classic political theory on the nature of sovereignty, and anthropological studies of societal change, Wilkinson evaluates the Court's work...

Decision provides a unique behind-the-scenes look at the Supreme Court and how its Justices decide cases. Distinguished author Bernard Schwartz, uses confidential conference notes, draft opinions, memoranda, letters, and interviews to tell what really goes on behind the red velour curtain. Cases and anecdotes, woven into deft discussions of the Justices and how they function, provide unmatched insights into our high tribunal. We read of the conferences...

Provides biographies of past and present justices, the history of important cases, and explanations of constitutional principles and legal concepts.