The Supreme Court A to Z 2nd edition

The Supreme Court A to Z forms one quarter of Congressional Quarterly’s Encyclopaedia of American Government and is designed to provide “easily accessible information about the nation’s highest court, including the array of important legal decisions that have shaped contemporary interpretation of the US constitution and the fascinating, but sometimes little‐known, individuals who as justices have decided the issues that affect every citizen”. Its intended readership is “a student researching a term paper, a political activist working on an issue or campaign or an interested follower of politics and government”. It is thus not intended for lawyers or even primarily...