| Description |
1 online resource (108 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file rda |
| Series |
An official Who HQ NOW |
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Who HQ NOW.
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| 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. |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 108). |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
United States. Supreme Court -- Juvenile literature.
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United States. Supreme Court.
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Justice, Administration of -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Justice, Administration of.
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| Genre |
Informational works.
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Illustrated works.
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Creative nonfiction.
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| Added Author |
Copeland, Gregory, illustrator.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Abramson, Jill, 1954- What is the Supreme Court? New York : Penguin Workshop, 2022 9780593386798 (NjBwBT)bl2022021492 (OCoLC)1310984518 |
| ISBN |
9780593386804 |
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0593386809 |
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