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Collection: Adult Nonfiction
Call Number: 347.73
Author: Greenhouse, Linda
Title: Justice on the brink
Remainder of title: the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and twelve months that transformed the Supreme Court /
Summary, etc. note: "'About this Book' At the end of the Supreme Court's 2019-2020 term, the center was holding. The predictions that the Court would move irrevocably to the radical right hadn't come to pass, as the justices released surprisingly moderate opinions on cases involving abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and how local governments could handle the pandemic, all shepherded by Chief Justice John Roberts. By the end of the 2020-2021 term, much about our the nation's highest court will have changed. The right-wing supermajority will complete its first term on the bench, cementing Donald Trump's legacy on American jurisprudence. This is the story of that year. From the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the rise of Amy Coney Barrett, from the pandemic to the election, from the Trump campaign's legal challenges to the storming of the Capitol across the street, the Supreme Court has been at the center of many of the biggest events of the year. Throughout Justice on the Brink, award-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse gives us unique insight into a Supreme Court under stress, providing the context and brilliant analysis readers of her work in The New York Times have come to expect"--

International Standard Book Number: 9780593447932
: (hardcover)
: (ebook)
Canceled/invalid ISBN: 9780593447956
Description conventions: rda
Authentication code: pcc
Geographic area code: n-us---
Classification number: KF8742
Item number: .G743 2021
Edition number: 23
Classification number: 347.73/26090512
Relator term: author.
Statement of responsibility, etc.: Linda Greenhouse.
Edition statement: First edition
Place of publication: New York ,NY
Name of publisher: Penguin Random House,LLC
Date of publication: 2021
Projected publication date: 2111
: New York. N.Y. :
: Random House,
: 2021.
Extent: 240 pages
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Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
: Provided by publisher.
Source of acquisition: Donated by Andrew Feniman
Purchase price: 28.00
Personal name: Ginsburg, Ruth Bader,
Personal name: Barrett, Amy Coney,
Dates associated with a name: 1933-2020.
Dates associated with a name: 1972-
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: United States.
Subordinate unit: Supreme Court
General subdivision: History.
Subject: Judges
Subject: Political questions and judicial power
Subject: USA History
General subdivision: Selection and appointment
Geographic subdivision: United States.
Geographic subdivision: United States.
Main entry heading: Greenhouse, Linda,
Edition: First edition
Place, publisher, and date of publication: New York. N.Y. : Random House, 2021.
Display text: Online version:
Title: Justice on the brink
Record control number: (DLC) 2021013365
International Standard Book Number: 9780593447956
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: 2 shelf copies
: policy default
: re12 2021-03-23
: re12 2021-03-23 descriptive complete forwarded for sub. [TW Situational] to Law for subj.
: xg09 2021-03-25 to Dewey
: xm06 2021-04-05 (TW situational)

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