What is the Supreme Court?
New York : Penguin Workshop, 2022.
Format: Book
Description: 108 pages : illustrations, 16 pages unnumbered plates ; 20 cm.
"Best-selling author, former executive editor of the New York Times, and self-confessed political junkie, Jill Abramson has written a detailed and fascinating book that explains how the highest court in the United States works, who gets to serve on it, which cases have had the greatest impact on the country, and why the US justice system is so vital to democracy"-- Provided by publisher.
Series: What is--?
Contents:
What is the Supreme Court? -- What is the judiciary? -- The first Monday in October -- Beginnings -- The worst decision ever -- Separate but equal? -- Packing the court -- A decision for Linda Brown -- Rights of the accused -- Marriage and protest -- The 2000 presidential race -- No longer a "men's club" -- It is so ordered -- Timelines.
Subjects:
United States. Supreme Court -- Juvenile literature.
Justice, Administration of -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
United States. Supreme Court -- Juvenile literature.
Justice, Administration of -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780593386798
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C GOV Federal Judicial Abr | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C SOCIAL SCI Abr | Main (Downtown) | Children's NonFiction | Coming Soon |
C GOV Federal Judicial Abr | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 6/12/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (page 108).