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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"ln 1927, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling so disturbing, ignorant, and cruel that it stands as one of the great injustices in American history. Here, Adam Cohen exposes the court's decision to allow the sterilization of a young woman it wrongly thought to be "feebleminded" and to champion the mass eugenic sterilization of undesirables for the greater good of the country. The 8-1 ruling was signed by some of the most revered figures in American...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xxix, 416 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Adam Cohen, a revelatory examination of the conservative direction of the Supreme Court over the last fifty years since the Nixon administration. In the early 1960s, the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren was at the height of its power, expanding civil rights for the poor and minorities and promoting equality in dramatic ways through rulings such as Brown v Board of Education and establishing the...
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