#hardcover #politics #socialjustice #mitchalbom #judge #africanamerican

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Florida

Federal Judge Damon J. Keith

The Honorable Damon J. Keith was appointed to the federal bench in 1967 and has served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit since 1977, where he has been an eloquent defender of civil and constitutional rights and a vigourous enforcer of civil rights law. In Crusader for Justice: Federal Judge Damon J. Keith, author Trevor W. Coleman presents the first ever biography of native Detroiter Judge Keith, surveying his education, important influences, major cases, and professional and personal commitments. Along the way, Coleman consults a host of Keith's notable friends and colleagues, including former White House Deputy Counsel John Dean, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and industrialist Edsel Ford II for this candid and comprehensive volume.

Coleman traces Keith's early life, from his public school days in Detroit to his time serving in the segregated U.S. army and his law school years at Howard University at the dawn of the Civil Rights era. He reveals how Keith's passion for racial and social justice informed his career, as he became co-chairman of Michigan's first Civil Rights Commission and negotiated the politics of his appointment to the federal judiciary. Coleman goes on to detail Keith's most famous cases, including the Pontiac Busing and Hamtramck Housing cases, the 1977 Detroit Police affirmative action case, the so-called Keith Case (United States v. U.S. District Court), and the Detroit Free Press v. Ashcroft case in 2002. He also traces Keith's personal commitment to mentoring young black lawyers, provides a candid look behind the scenes at the dynamics and politics of the Six Circuit Court of Appeals, and even reveals some of Keith's difficult relationships (with the Detroit NAACP and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas).

Judge Keith's forty-five years on the bench offer a unique viewpoint on a tumultuous era of American and legal history. Readers interested in Civil Rights-era law, politics and personalities will appreciate the portrait of Keith's fortitude and conviction in Crusader for Justice.

Crusader for Justice

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Nevada

Federal judge Cate Fante finds her own double life coming to light when the defendant in a high-profile lawsuit ends up dead, revelations that threaten her future on the bench as well as her life when the killer comes after her.

Dirty Blonde

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Connecticut

My Life on the Bench... What Works, What's Broken, and How to Change It

In Her Honor, Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell provides a rare and thought-provoking insider account of our legal system, sharing vivid stories of the cases that came through her courtroom and revealing the strengths, flaws, and much-needed changes within our courts.

Judge Cordell, the first African American woman to sit on the Superior Court of Northern California, knows firsthand how prejudice has permeated our legal system. And yet, she believes in the system. From ending school segregation to legalizing same-sex marriage, its progress relies on legal professionals and jurors who strive to make the imperfect system as fair as possible.

Her Honor is an entertaining and provocative look into the hearts and minds of judges. Cordell takes you into her chambers where she haggles with prosecutors and defense attorneys and into the courtroom during jury selection and sentencing hearings. She uses real cases to highlight how judges make difficult decisions, all the while facing outside pressures from the media, law enforcement, lobbyists, and the friends and families of the people involved.

Cordell's candid account of her years on the bench shines light on all areas of the legal system, from juvenile delinquency and the shift from rehabilitation to punishment, along with the racial biases therein, to the thousands of plea bargains that allow our overburdened courts to stay afloat--as long as innocent people are willing to plead guilty. There are tales of marriages and divorces, adoptions, and contested wills--some humorous, others heartwarming, still others deeply troubling.

Her Honor is for anyone who's had the good or bad fortune to stand before a judge or sit on a jury. It is for true-crime junkies and people who vote in judicial elections. Most importantly, this is a book for anyone who wants to know what our legal system, for better or worse, means to the everyday lives of all Americans.

Her Honor

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Georgia

The first Hispanic American on the U.S. Supreme Court shares the story of her life before becoming a judge, describing her youth in a Bronx housing project, the ambition that fueled her ivy league education, and the individuals who helped shape her career.

My Beloved World

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#autobiography #biography #rbg #law #judge #supremecourt

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

California

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law

In her own words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, through an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center. This remarkable book presents a unique portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, drawing on more than twenty years of conversations with Jeffrey Rosen, starting in the 1990s and continuing through the Trump era. Rosen, a veteran legal journalist, scholar, and president of the National Constitution Center, shares with us the justice’s observations on a variety of topics, and her intellect, compassion, sense of humor, and humanity shine through. The affection they have for each other as friends is apparent in their banter and in their shared love for the Constitution—and for opera. In Conversations with RBG, Justice Ginsburg discusses the future of Roe v. Wade, her favorite dissents, the cases she would most like to see overruled, the #MeToo movement, how to be a good listener, how to lead a productive and compassionate life, and of course the future of the Supreme Court itself. These frank exchanges illuminate the steely determination, self-mastery, and wit that have inspired Americans of all ages to embrace the woman known to all as “Notorious RBG.” Whatever the topic, Justice Ginsburg always has something interesting—and often surprising—to say. And while few of us will ever have the opportunity to chat with her face-to-face, Jeffrey Rosen brings us by her side as never before. Conversations with RBG is a deeply felt portrait of an American hero.

Conversations with RBG

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#paperback #fiction #suspense #mystery #judge #reporter 

Wisconsin

Covenant Fields

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Maryland

When a Federal judge and his secretary fail to appear for a scheduled trial and panicked clerks call for an FBI investigation, a harrowing murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a lawyer who imparts the story of who killed the judge and why. By the best-selling author of The Litigators. (This book was previously listed in Forecast.)

The Racketeer

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#paperback #suspense #thriller #lisascottolinr #bestseller #murder #justice #judge #lawsuit #killer 

Mississippi

Cate Fante is strong and sexy and wears designer suits like overpriced armor. She's just become a judge but leads a dark double life that she hides from everyone. Her cover is blown when a high-profile case in her courtroom takes a stunning turn. Overnight the tabloids tell her secret, her boyfriend dumps her, and her new career hangs in tatters. But Cate's troubles are only beginning. An enemy no one anticipated sends her running for her life, and she'll have to fight her way back to the truth . . . or die trying.

The Courtroom Goes to the Movies

Reel Justice

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#hardcover #scotus #judge #memoir #soniasotomayor #supremecourt #women #nonfiction 2013 hardcover with nice jacket 

Minnesota



The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself.

Here is the story of a precarious childhood, with an alcoholic father (who would die when she was nine) and a devoted but overburdened mother, and of the refuge a little girl took from the turmoil at home with her passionately spirited paternal grandmother. But it was when she was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes that the precocious Sonia recognized she must ultimately depend on herself. She would learn to give herself the insulin shots she needed to survive and soon imagined a path to a different life. With only television characters for her professional role models, and little understanding of what was involved, she determined to become a lawyer, a dream that would sustain her on an unlikely course, from valedictorian of her high school class to the highest honors at Princeton, Yale Law School, the New York County District Attorney's office, private practice, and appointment to the Federal District Court before the age of forty. Along the way we see how she was shaped by her invaluable mentors, a failed marriage, and the modern version of extended family she has created from cherished friends and their children. Through her still-astonished eyes, America's infinite possibilities are envisioned anew in this warm and honest book, destined to become a classic of self-invention and self-discovery.

#nonfiction #hardcover #judge #scotus #memoir #soniasotomayor #women #supremecourt 

Texas

#biography #judge #ruthbaderginsburg #shelfworn 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

A Life

In this comprehensive, revelatory biography--fifteen years of interviews and research in the making--historian Jane Sherron De Hart explores the experiences that shaped Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passion for justice, her advocacy for gender equality, and her meticulous jurisprudence. At the heart of her story is her Jewish background and the concept of tikkun olam, the Hebrew injunction to "repair the world," with its profound meaning for a young girl who grew up in the shadow of the Holocaust. Ginsburg's journey begins with her mother, who died tragically young but whose intellect inspired her daughter's feminism. It stretches from Ginsburg's days as a baton twirler at Brooklyn's James Madison High School to Cornell University to Harvard and Columbia law schools; to becoming one of the first female law professors in the country, fighting for equal pay and hiding her second pregnancy to avoid losing her job; to becoming the director of the ACLU's Women's Rights Project and arguing momentous anti-sex discrimination cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. All this, even before being nominated in 1993 to become the second woman on the Court, where her crucial decisions and dissents are still making history. Intimately and personably told, this biography offers unprecedented insight into a pioneering life and legal career whose profound mark on American jurisprudence, American society, and our American character will reverberate deep into the twenty-first century and beyond. -- Publisher's description.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A progressive Georgia lawyer's memoir of his 30 plus years living in Blakely in Early County.

I Can Go Home Again

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The Story of Ruth and Ruby Crawford

The legendary Ruby and Ruth Crawford broke Georgia's glass ceiling' in law, banking, and politics--and they did it with grace, charm, and extraordinary style.--Dr. Betty L. Siegel, president emeritus, Kennesaw State University.

Running on Full

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Slight wear on book cover spine  and back of cover (shown) and one dog eared page. 


The Summons

Missouri

A Real Justice Thriller

Nine months into his tenure, Federal judge Edward Lamport received two death threats. Now he is under the protection of US Marshals. When he receives a plea for help from a woman with whom he had a brief romance twenty-five years earlier, he must face a peril of a different sort, involving his long-lost son, Carlos. Working for a bank in his native Mexico, Carlos discovered an international money-laundering scheme; now he's on the run from those who want him dead. With only his faith in God to guide him, how far is Lamport willing to venture into the dark recesses of political corruption to save his son?

Perilous Judgment #1 - A Real Justice Thriller

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#paperback #bestseller #biography #judge #life #nonfiction #ruthbaderginsburg #justice #genderequality #advocacy

Huge Paperback (6 to 8 lbs)

Washington

#paperback #Scalia #biography #Politics #judge #legal 

An Intimate Portrait of Scalia's Last Years

From legal expert and veteran author Bryan Garner comes a unique, intimate, and compelling memoir of his friendship with the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

For almost thirty years, Antonin Scalia was arguably the most influential and controversial Justice on the United States Supreme Court. His dynamic and witty writing devoted to the Constitution has influenced an entire generation of judges.

Based on his reputation for using scathing language to criticize liberal court decisions, many people presumed Scalia to be gruff and irascible. But to those who knew him as "Nino," he was characterized by his warmth, charm, devotion, fierce intelligence, and loyalty.

Bryan Garner's friendship with Justice Scalia was instigated by celebrated writer David Foster Wallace and strengthened over their shared love of language. Despite their differing viewpoints on everything from gun control to the use of contractions, their literary and personal relationship flourished. Justice Scalia even officiated at Garner's wedding.

In this humorous, touching, and surprisingly action-packed memoir, Garner gives a firsthand insight into the mind, habits, and faith of one of the most famous and misunderstood judges in the world.

Nino and Me

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Illinois

The Left's Plot to Remake America

Picking up where her #1 New York Times bestseller, Liars, Leakers and Liberals, left off, Judge Jeanine Pirro of Fox's Justice with Judge Jeanine exposes the latest chapter in the unfolding liberal attack on our most basic values.

Radicals, Resistance, and Revenge

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#hardcover #law #constitution #lawschool #legal #lawyer #judge

Indiana

Business & Economics

Already used in more than 120 schools, the new edition of this highly regarded casebook will maintain the structure of recent editions while thouroughly streamlining material & updating the cases covered. In addition, a detailed Teacher's Manual will be prepared to assist current & new users in understanding the breadth & depth of this leading publication.

Constitutional Law

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#paperback #biography #nonfiction #ruthbaderginsburg #shelfworn #judge #bestseller #crpodcast 

Trevor W. Coleman

Crusader for Justice

Lisa Scottoline

Dirty Blonde

Ladoris Hazzard Cordell

Her Honor

Sonia Sotomayor

My Beloved World

Jeffrey Rosen

Conversations with RBG

Zimmerman Chris

Covenant Fields

John Grisham

The Racketeer

Lisa Scottoline

Dirty Blonde

Paul Bergman

Reel Justice

Sonia Sotomayor

My Beloved World

Sonia Sotomayor

My Beloved World

Jane Sherron de Hart

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sonia Sotomayor

My Beloved World

Arthur G. Powell

I Can Go Home Again

Neil Wilkinson

Running on Full

John Grisham

The Summons

Dennis Ricci

Perilous Judgment #1 - A Real Justice Thriller

Jane Sherron de Hart

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Bryan A. Garner

Nino and Me

Jeanine Pirro

Radicals, Resistance, and Revenge

Gerald Gunther

Constitutional Law

Jane Sherron de Hart

Ruth Bader Ginsburg