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American Judicial System: A Very Short Introduction
At some point, everyone living in the United States has some type of interaction with the American judicial system. For most, this contact is relatively minor: contesting a traffic …
Battle for the Black Ballot
The history of voting rights in America is a checkerboard marked by dogged progress against persistent prejudice toward an expanding inclusiveness. The Supreme Court decision in …
Judicial Branch of Federal Government
This volume in ABC-CLIO's About Federal Government set looks at the history and daily operations of the federal judiciary, from district courts, to courts of appeal, to the Supreme …
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991. He was the first African American to hold that position, and was one of the most influential …
Bush v. Gore
Who could forget the Supreme Courts controversial 5-4 decision in Bush v. Gore or the 2000 presidential campaign and election that preceded it? Hanging chads, butterfly ballots, …
Voting Rights on Trial
Explores and documents the causes and effects of the long history of vote denial on American politics, culture, law, and society.The debate over who can and cannot vote has been …