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 | "The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics" [2016] by John B. Judis named one of the Best Books of 2016 by Bloomberg Kindle Edition from Columbia Global Reports [9/2016] for $7.99 Columbia Global Reports 7½x5 pb [10/2016] for $9.83 |
 | "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century" [2017]  by {Yale professor} Timothy Snyder Kindle Edition from Tim Duggan/Random House [2/2017] for $2.99 {sic} 128-page Tim Duggan Books mass pb [2/2017] for $6.21 {sic} |
 | "The Price of Politics" [2012] by Bob Woodward An account of the high-stakes personal and political struggle between President Obama and House Speaker Boehner; Woodward takes the reader through the electric 44 days during the summer of 2011 with day-by-day, often hour-by-hour, accounts as the two politicians attempted a 'grand bargain' to cut entitlement spending and increase tax revenue. Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [9/2012] for $12.99 Simon & Schuster 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2012] for $18.54 |
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"The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change In The Obama Era" [2012] by Michael Grunwald Like F.D.R.'s ambitious and far-reaching New Deal program, President Obama's American Recovery Act is a down payment on the nation's economic & environmental future, the purest distillation of change in the Obama era. Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [8/2012] for $14.99 Simon & Schuster 9½x6½ deckle-edge hardcover [8/2012] for $17.92 |
 | "The Campaign of The Century: Upton Sinclair's {E.P.I.C.} Race For Governor of California and The Birth of Media Politics" [1992] by Greg Mitchell, {new} Foreword by Peter Schrag Polipoint Press 9x6 pb [10/2010] for $18.21 Random House mass pb [11/93] out of print/used Random House 9½x6½ hardcover [4/92] out of print/many used Spirit of America Bookstore's Upton Sinclair [1878-1968] Page |
 | "The Progressive Revolution: How The Best In America Came To Be" [2009] by Michael Lux, co-founder of Progressive Strategies [est. 1999] "Progressives invented the American ideal and inspired the American Revolution. Conservatives, then known as Tories, opposed it. Since then, every major advancement in American freedom, democracy, social justice, and economic opportunity has been fostered, fought for, and won by progressives against conservative resistance." Wiley 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/2009] for $18.84 |
 | "Hamilton's Blessing: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debt" [1997] by John Steele Gordon
Walker & Co. 8x5½ pb [rev 3/2010] for $10.88 Penguin 7¾x5 pb [1/98] out of print/used Diane Publng 8½x5¼ hardcover [2/97] for $21.00 author's official website |
 | "The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel and The Democrats Learned To Be Ruthless and Finally Ended The Republican Revolution" [2007] by Naftali Bendavid "Chicago Tribune reporter Naftali Bendavid had exclusive access to Emanuel and the D.C.C.C. in the year and a half leading up to the [2006] elections and ended up with the story of a lifetime." Doubleday 9x6¼ hardcover [5/2007] out of print/used |
 | "The New Social Contract: America's Journey From Welfare State To Police State" [1995] by Joseph Dillon Davey Praeger 9¼x6½ pb [8/95] for $27.95 Praeger 9x6¼ hardcover [8/95] for $119.95 |
 | "Game Change: Obama and The Clintons, McCain & Palin, and The Race of A Lifetime" [2010 New York Times bestseller] by John Heilemann & Mark Halperin Kindle Edition from HarperCollins [2/2010] for $9.99 HarperPerennial 8x59¼ pb [10/2010] for $11.43 HarperCollins 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2010] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia H.B.O. TV movie broadcast 10 March 2012 Directed by Jay Roach; script by Danny Strong; starring Julianne Moore {as Sarah Palin}; film won 5 Emmy Awards DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb |
 | "The Almanac of American Politics" Edited by Michael Barone and others 2014 Edition: Kindle Edition from Univ Chicago Press [9/2013] for $33.49 {sic} 2014 Edition: Univ Chicago Press 9x6 pb [9/2013] for $53.83 2014 Edition: Univ Chicago Press 9x6¼ hardcover [9/2013] for $88.11 2012 Edition: Univ Chicago Press 9x6 pb [9/2011] out of print/50+ used 2012 Edition: Univ Chicago Press 9x6¼ hardcover [9/2011] for $104.50 {sic} 2010 Edition: National Journal Group 8½x6 pb [9/2009] out of print/used 2010 Edition: National Journal Group 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2009] out of print/used 2008 Edition: National Journal Group pb [8/2007] out of print/used 2008 Edition: National Journal Group hardcover [8/2007] out of print/used National Journal website U.C.P. 2014 bookpage |
 | "Waiting For Lightning To Strike: The Fundamentals of Black Politics" [2008] by Kevin Alexander Gray AK Press 7½x5 pb [10/2008] for $14.04 |
 | "Pigs At The Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America" [2003] by Arianna Huffington
Three Rivers Press 8x5¼ pb [1/2004] for $10.98 Crown Books 8¾x6 hardcover [1/2003] out of print/used |
 | "The American Political Tradition & The Men Who Made It" [Knopf 1948 classic] by Richard Hofstadter [1916-70] Vintage 8¼x5¼ pb [4/89] for $9.72 A.C.L.S. 9x6 hardcover [12/99] for $45.00 2006 Hofstadter bio by David S. Brown Hofstadter entry at Wikipedia |
 | "The Genius of American Politics" [1953 classic] by Daniel J. Boorstin Univ of Chicago Press 8x5.3 pb [6/53] for $19.00 Univ of Chicago press hardcover [6/53] out of print/used |
 | "Liberal Tradition In America: An Interpretation of American Political Thought Since The Revolution" [1955 classic] by Louis Hartz
Harcourt 8x5¼ pb [5/91] for $10.40 |
 | "The Creation of The American Republic, 1776-1787" [1969 classic] by Gordon S. Wood Univ NC Press 9x6 pb [4/98] for $21.95 Univ NC Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/98] for $51.56 |
 | "The Populist Moment: A Short History of The Agrarian Revolt In America" [abridged version of "Democratic Promise"; 1978] Oxford Univ Press 8x5¼ pb [10/78] for $17.95 Oxford Univ Press 8&fracx6 hardcover [10/78] out of print/used "Democratic Promise: The Populist Moment in America" [1976 classic] by Lawrence Goodwyn Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/76] out of print/rare |
 | "The Wise Men: Six Friends & The World They Made" [1986] by Walter Isaacson & Evan Thomas Dean Acheson, Charles E. Bohlen, W. Averell Harriman, George Kennan, Robert Lovett & John J. McCloy – all friends and also advisors to presidents from F.D.R. to L.B.J. – were the hidden architects behind the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and Cold War containment. Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [2/2012] for $14.99 S&S 9x6 pb [6/97] out of print/many, many used S&S hardcover [5/2012] for $23.10 S&S hardcover [10/86] out of print/many, many used |
 | "Man of The House: The Life & Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill" [1987] by Thomas P. O'Neill, with William Novak Random House 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/87] out of print/many used |
 | "House and Senate" [1990] by Ross K. Baker W.W. Norton 3rd edition 8¼x5½ pb [9/2000] for $22.40 W.W. Norton hardcover 1st edition [3/90] out of print/used |
 | "The Populist Persuasion: An American History" [1995] by Michael Kazin Cornell Univ Press 9½x6 pb [10/98] for $19.95 Basic Books 9¾x6½ hardcover [2/95] out of print/used author homepage |
 | "Drawn and Quartered: The History of American Political Cartoons" [1996] by Stephen Hess & Sandy Northrop River City Publishing pb [8/2008] out of print/scarce Black Belt Press 9¾x7½ hardcover [9/96] out of print/many used |
 | "A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of The Progressive Movement In America, 1870-1920" [2003] by Michael McGerr Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6pb [7/2005] for $12.97 Free Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2003] out of print/many used |
 | "Grand Old Party: A History of the Republicans" [2003] by Lewis L. Gould Random House 9½x6.3 hardcover [11/2003] for $23.80 These days, G.O.P. stands for 'greedy old plutocrats'. |
 | "Party of the People: A History of the Democrats" [2003] by Jules Witcover Random House 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2003] for $23.80 |
 | "1 7 7 6" [2005] by David McCullough S&S 9¼x6 pb [6/2006] for $10.80 S&S hardcover [5/2005] for $21.12 S&S UNABR audio CD [5/2005] for $31.47 |
 | "The Most Exclusive Club: A History of The Modern United States Senate" [2005] by Lewis Gould Basic Books 9x6 pb [10/2006] for $12.21 Basic Books 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2005] for $18.15 |
 | "Reinventing 'The People': The Progressive Movement, The Class Problem & The Origins of Modern Liberalism" [2006] by Shelton Stromquist Univ IL Press 9x6 pb [2/2006] for $22.00 Univ IL Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/2006] for $50.00 |
 | "The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang" [2006] Edited by Grant Barrett, Introduction by James Carville & Mary Matalin Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [2006 edition] for $17.99 Oxford Univ Press 7½x5 pb [4/2006] for $18.95 |
 | "Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change From Hawaii To Iraq" [2006] by New York Times foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer Times Books 9½x6¼ hardcover [4/2006] for $16.50 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [5/2006] for $25.19 |
 | "The House: The History of The House of Representatives" [2006] by Robert V. Remini Smithsonian/Collins 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2006] for $23.07 |
 | "Nation of Secrets: The Threat To Democracy & The American Way of Life" [2006] by Ted Gup Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [10/2008] for $11.99 Anchor Books 8x5¼ pb [10/2008] for $15.95 Doubleday 9¼x6 hardcover [5/2006] out of print/many, many used |
 | "101 People Who Are Really Screwing America" [2006] by Jack Huberman Number 1 is Dick Cheney, #2 is George W. Bush, #3 is Karl Rove, #4 is Donald Rumsfeld, #5 is Osama bin Laden, #6 is Tom Delay, #7 is the American Enterprise Institute, #8 is the Heritage Foundation, #9 is Paul Weyrich (co-founder of the Heritage Foundation), #10 is Condoleeza Rice, tied for #11 are Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia & Clarence Thomas; Rupert Murdoch is #14; Richard Mellon Scaife is #21; drug-addled fatboy Rush Limbaugh is merely #27 Nation Books 8x5½ pb [5/2006] out of print/used |
 | "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America & How To Get It Back On Track" [2006] by Thomas E. Mann & Norman J. Ornstein Oxford Univ Press 8¼x6½ hardcover [8/2006] for $17.16 |
 | "Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers" [2006] by Brooke Allen Ivan R. Dee pb [10/2007] for $14.95 Ivan R. Dee 8½x6 hardcover [10/2006] for $15.72 |
 | "The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot" [2007] by Naomi Wolf Wolf explains how events of the prior six years parallel steps taken in the early years of the XXth Centurys worst dictatorships such as Germany, Russia, China & Chile Kindle Edition from Chelsea Green [9/2011] for $9.39 Chelsea Green Publng 8¼x5¼ pb [9/2007] for $10.97 publisher's bookpage American Freedom Campaign website |
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 | "The Ideological Origins of The American Revolution: Enlarged Edition" [1967 classic] by Bernard Bailyn "a classic of American historical literature"; winner of Pulitzer & Bancroft Prizes Belknap Press 8x5½ pb [3/92] for $20.95 Belknap Press hardcover [12/67] out of print/used |
| | "The Creation of The American Republic, 1776-1787" [1969 classic] by Gordon S. Wood "One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution." — The New York Times Book Review Univ NC Press 9x6 pb [4/98] for $19.95 Univ NC Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/98] for $55.00 |
 | "The Supreme Court and The Commander In Chief" [1976] by Clinton Lawrence Rossiter Cornell Univ Press 8¾x5½ pb [11/76] for $19.95 Cornell Univ Press hardcover [11/76] out of print/used |
 | "The Brethren: Inside The Supreme Court" [1979] by Bob Woodward & Scott Armstrong S&S 8½x5½ pb [7/2005] for $12.21 Avon mass pb [7/96] out of print/many used S&S hardcover [12/79] out of print/many used |
 | "The Five Thousand Year Leap: 28 Great Ideas That Changed The World" [1980] by anti-Communist flake W. Cleon Skousen [1913-2006] This idiocy is blasphemy to the U.S. Constitution, or maybe just treasonous, since the premise is that the United States is a Christian (ONLY) nation, and all non-Christians are the enemy (or is it that all opposition to such fundamentalist/fascist screed is anti-Christian?). And the new Foreword by TV rabble-rouser Glenn Beck defines the market that it is intended for. — Sentient beings will not buy this book! |
 | "The Making of America: The Substance & Meaning of The [U.S.] Constitution" [1982] by anti-Communist flake W. Cleon Skousen [1913-2006] "A joke that no self-respecting scholar would think is worth a warm pitcher of spit." — Jack Rakove of Stanford University More misleading and anti-Constitution tripe from anti-Communist flake Skousen. — Sentient beings will not buy this book! |
 | "Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of The Constitution" [1985] by Forrest McDonald Univ Press of KS 8½x5½ pb [11/86] for $14.95 Univ Press of KS 8¾x5¾ hardcover [11/85] out of print/used |
 | "Storm Center: The Supreme Court In American Politics" [orig 1986; rev 2005] by David M. O'Brien W.W. Norton 7th edition 8¼x6½ pb [3/2005] for $19.00 |
 | "A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution" [for readers aged 4 to 8; 1987] by Betsy & Giulio Maestro HarperTrophy 11x9 pb [10/90] for $7.99 Sagebrush 11¼x9 hardcover [10/99] for $15.80 HarperCollins 11¼x9½ hardcover [8/87] for $17.88 |
 | "The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide" [1991] by Linda R. Monk Close Up Publng pb 4th edition [2/2004] out of print/used author's website |
 | "The Oxford Companion To The Supreme Court of The United States" [1992] Edited by Kermit L. Hall Oxford Univ Press 10½x7½ hardcover [5/2005] for $40.95 bargain price hardcover [5/2005] out of print/used |
 | "Original Meanings: Politics & Ideas In The Making of The Constitution" [1996] by Jack N. Rakove book won the Pulitzer Prize for History Kindle Edition from Knopf Group E-Books [4/2010] for $13.99 Vintage 8x5 pb [5/97] for $12.13 Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [3/96] out of print/many used |
 | "Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy & Democracy" [1997] by Frederick Clarkson Common Courage 7½x5 pb [3/97] for $10.85 Common Courage hardcover [3/97] out of print/rare author's blogsite |
 | "For the People: What The Constitution Really Says About Your Rights" [1998] by Akhil Reed Amar & Alan R. Hirsch Touchstone 9x6 pb [8/99] for $19.95 Free Press 9½x6½ hardcover [1/98] out of stock/used |
 | "The Bill of Rights: Creation & Reconstruction" [1998] by Akhil Reed Amar Yale Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [4/2000] for $12.89 Yale Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [8/98] for $49.49 author's homepage at Yale |
 | "The U.S. Constitution: And Fascinating Facts About It" [1999] by Terry L. Jordan Oak Hill 6¼x3.4 pb [5/99] for $4.94 |
 | "Origins of The Bill of Rights" [1999] by {Pulitzer-winner} Leonard W. Levy Yale Univ Press 7¾x5 pb [3/2001] for $11.96 Yale Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [7/99] for $48.00 |
 | "The Myth of Christian America: What You Need To Know About The Separation of Church & State" [1999] by Mark Weldon Whitten
Smyth & Helwys 8¾x5¾ pb [10/99] for $9.60 |
 | "The Supreme Court: How It Was, How It Is" [orig 1987, rev 2001] by William H. Rehnquist [1924-2005] Vintage 8x5¼ pb [2/2002] for $11.96 Knopf 9¼x6 pb [2004] out of print/many used Knopf 9½x6½ deckle-edge hardcover [2/2001] for $35.00 |
 | "The Velvet Coup: The Constitution, The Supreme Court & The Decline of American Democracy" [2001] by Daniel Lazare
Verso 7x5¾ hardcover [10/2001] for $14.95 |
 | "Separation of Church and State" [2002] by Philip Hamburger This book takes the position that the principle of church-state separation has no historical foundation, and that Jefferson and others invoked the First Amendment out of fear & prejudice, and that that somehow voids the principle. Ludicrous, illogical & unsupportable – do not buy this book! |
 | "Terrorism & the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties In The Name of National Security" [2002] by James X. Dempsey & David Cole
New Press 8¼x6¼ pb [9/2002] for $16.95 |
 | "UNequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance & The Theft of Human Rights" [2002] by radio host Thom Hartmann
Rodale 8¾x6 pb [4/2004] for $10.85 Rodale 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2002] for $16.98 author website official booksite |
 | "The Founding Fathers and The Place of Religion In America" [2003] by Frank Lambert Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2003] for $32.95 |
 | "The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide To The Constitution" [2003] by Linda R. Monk Hyperion pb [2/2004] for $10.17 Hyperion 9¼x7¾ hardcover [2/2003] for $16.29 author's website |
 | "Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court vs. The American People" [2003] by Jamin B. Raskin Routledge 9x6 pb [9/2004] for $14.25 Routledge 9½x6¼ hardcover [2/2003] for $19.50 Washington College of Law faculty profile |
 | "The War On The Bill of Rights and The Gathering Resistance" [2003] by Nat Hentoff Seven Stories Press 8¼x5½ pb [10/2004] for $11.16 Seven Stories Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2003] for $12.60 |
 | "Restoring The Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty" [2003] by Randy E. Barnett Princeton Univ Press 9.4x6½ hardcover [12/2003] for $32.50 online excerpt: "Why Care What The Constitution Says?" |
 | "Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism" [2004] by Susan Jacoby Holt/Owl 8¼x5½ pb [1/2005] for $10.88 Holt/Metropolitan 9¾x6½ hardcover [5/2004] for $17.32 |
 | "The Separation of Church and State: Writings On A Fundamental Freedom By America's Founders" [2004] Edited by Forrest Church
Beacon Press 7¼x4½ hardcover [8/2004] for $10.88 |
 | "The Twilight of Democracy: The Bush Plan For America" [2004] by Jennifer Van Bergen Common Courage Press 7½x5¼ pb [9/2004] for $10.85 Common Courage Press 7¾x5¼ hardcover [9/2004] for $29.95 |
 | "Constitutional Chaos: What Happens When The Government Breaks Its Own Laws" [2004] by Andrew P. Napolitano Nelson Current 8½x5½ pb [2/2006] for $9.74 Nelson Current 9¾x6¾ hardcover [11/2004] for $19.80 author's website |
 | "A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court & The Future of Constitutional Law" [2005] by Mark Tushnet W.W. Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2005] for $27.95 |
 | "Men In Black: How The Supreme Court Is Destroying America" [2005] by Mark R. Levin A right-wing talk show host's whining fulmination against the Supreme Court, further tainted by raves from radio fool Limp Rushbaugh & disgraced politician Edwin Meese III — DO NOT buy this book! |
 | "Contempt: How The Right Is Wronging American Justice" [2005] by Catherine Crier of Court TV Rugged Land 9¾x6½ hardcover [9/2005] for $18.45 |
 | "America's Constitution: A Biography" [2005] by Akhil Reed Amar Random House hardcover [9/2005] for $19.77 author's homepage at Yale |
 | "The Heritage Guide To The Constitution" [2005] by Edwin Meese III, Matthew Spalding & David F. Forte Regnery 10x7½ hardcover [11/2005] for $22.05 |
 | "The Keeper of The Flame: The Supreme Court Opinions of Justice Clarence Thomas, 1991-2005" [2006] by Henry Mark Holzer
Booklocker 9x6 pb [2/2006] for $18.00 |
 | "The Constitution In Exile: How The Federal Government Has Seized Power By Rewriting The Supreme Law of The Land" [2006] by Andrew P. Napolitano Nelson Current 9¾x6¼ hardcover [4/2006] for $16.37 author's website |
 | "George W. Bush versus The U.S. Constitution: The Downing Street Minutes & Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, Coverups In The Iraq War & Illegal Domestic Spying" [2006] Compiled at the direction of Representative John Conyers Academy Chicago pb [9/2006] for $10.85 |
 | "Beyond A Reasonable Doubt" [2006] Edited by Larry King The title phrase is nowhere mentioned in the constitution and nowhere defined in our laws; in this book, over 80 influential scholars, attorneys, novelists, journalists, and religious figures discuss, explore, interpret, and define the phrase and its meaning. Phoenix Books 9x6¼ hardcover [11/2006] for $20.40 |
 | "Blocking The Courthouse Door: How The Republican Party & Its Corporate Allies Are Taking Away Your Right To Sue" [2006] by Stephanie Mencimer Free Press 9x6¼ hardcover [12/2006] for $17.94 |
 | "The Pursuit of Justice: Supreme Court Decisions That Shaped America" [2006] by Kermit L. Hall & John J. Patrick Oxford Univ Press 10½x8 pb [12/2006] for $20.05 Oxford Univ Press 10½x8½ hardcover [12/2006] for $46.08 |
 | "Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of The Struggle For Control of The United States Supreme Court" [2007] by Jan Crawford Greenburg
Penguin Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2007] for $18.45 |
 | "Retained By The People: The 'Silent' Ninth Amendment & The Constitutional Rights Americans Don't Know They Have" [2007] by Daniel A. Farber Perseus Books hardcover [5/2007] for $20.48 |
 | "The Nine: Inside The Secret World of The Supreme Court" [2007] by Jeffrey Toobin listed #8 on TIME Top Ten Best Non-Fiction Books of The Year (12/2007) Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [9/2008] for $11.99 Anchor Books 8x5¼ pb [9/2008] for $10.66 Doubleday 9¼x6 hardcover [9/2007] out of print/300+ used |
 | "The Bill of Rights Today: Constitutional Limits On The Powers of Government" [2008] by Joseph Dillon Davey
Univ Press of America 9x6 pb [6/2008] for $34.94 |
 | "Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court" [2009] by Amy Bach Holt pb [8/2010] for $12.70 Metropolitan Books 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2009] for $15.51 |
 | "Why The Constitution Matters" [2010] by Mark Tushnet {law professor at Harvard University} Yale Univ Press pb [5/2010] for $15.72 |
 | "Keeping Faith With The Constitution" [2010] by Goodwin Liu, Pamela S. Karlan & Christopher H. Schroeder Oxford Univ Press hardcover [8/2010] for $14.93 |
 | "The Collapse of American Criminal Justice" [2011] by William J. Stuntz [1958-2011] Harvard professor Stuntz's masterwork; "The most important book about law in the United States published in the last thirty years." — Michael O'Donnell, in "The Nation Magazine" Kindle Edition from Belknap Press of Harvard [9/2011] for $19.25 Belknap Press of Harvard 9¼x6 hardcover [9/2011] for $22.40 |
 | "Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It" [2012] by Jeffrey D. Clements, Foreword by Bill Moyers "The definitive guide to overturning Citizens United " Kindle Edition from Berrett-Koehler Publrs [1/2012] for $8.99 Berrett-Koehler Publrs 8½x5½ pb [1/2012] for $11.45 see also the Working Minds / Action / New Constitutional Amendment on Corporations Page |
 | "Roger Williams and The Creation of The American Soul: Church, State, and The Birth of Liberty" [2012] by John M. Barry
Kindle Edition from Viking/Penguin [1/2012] for $11.99 Penguin Books 8¼x5½ pb [12/2012] for $15.70 Viking Adult 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/2012] out of print/used |
 | "The Oath: The Obama White House and The Supreme Court" [2012] by Jeffrey Toobin Kindle Edition from MobileRef [9/00] for $12.99 Anchor Books pb [DUE June 2013] for $11.53 Doubleday 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2012] for $16.26 |
 | "It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How The American Constitutional System Collided With The New Politics of Extremism" New York Times bestseller [rev 2013] by Thomas E. Mann & Norman J. Ornstein paperback & Kindle have a new Foreword and Afterword by the authors Kindle Edition from Basic Books [9/2013] for $10.49 Basic Books 8x5½ pb [9/2013] for $12.35 Basic Books 8¼x5¾ hardcover [5/2012] for $19.81 |
 | "On Democracy's Doorstep: The Inside Story of How The Supreme Court Brought One Person, One Vote To The United States" [2014] by J. Douglas Smith
Kindle Edition from Hill & Wang/Macmillan [6/2014] for $16.99 Hill & Wang 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2014] for $25.00 |
 | "The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs" [2017] by Ed Asner & Ed Weinberger Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [10/2017] for $13.99 Simon & Schuster 9x6 hardcover [10/2017] for $14.73 |
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