As the senate confirmation process of Judge Samuel Alito unfolds, the Hot Topics focuses on issues related to the history, composition, and role of the Supreme Court. Explore some of the issues germane to the confirmation, including minorities and civil rights, the abrotion controversy, rights to privacy, and the Patriot Act. Explore the history of the United States Constitution and examine the delicate balance of government provided for in that document. Understand the issues. Take sides. Get involved. Be informed.
 
January 2006

 
Abraham, Henry J.  Justices & Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court.  KF8742 A72 1992
 
Cox, Archibald.  The Court and the Constitution.  KF4550 C69 1987
 
Epps, Garrett.  To An Unknown God: Religious Freedom on Trial.  KF228 O74 E67 2001
 
Faux, Marian.  Roe v. Wade: The Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision that Made Abortion Legal.  KF228 R59 F38 1988
 
Feldt, Gloria.  The War on Choice: The Right Wing Attack on Women's Rights and How to Fight Back.  HQ767.5 U5 F65 2004
 
Friendly, Fred W.  The Constitution: That Delicate Balance.  KF4550 F73 1984
 
Garraty, John A.  Quarrels That Have Shaped the Constitution.  KF8742 A5 Q37 1987
 
Gerdes, Louise.  The Patriot Act: Opposing Viepoints.  KF9430 P38 2005
 
Hall, Kermit L.  The Modern Scholar: The Law of the Land: A History of the Supreme Court.  CD KF8742 H35 2003
 
Herring, Mark.  The Pro-life/ Pro-Choice Debate.  HQ767.5 U5 H467 2003
 
Johnson, Kevin R.  The Huddled Masses Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights.  KF4819 J64 2004
 
Lazarus, Edward.  Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside the Supreme Court.  KF8742 L39 1998
 
Press, Andrea L.  Speaking of Abortion: Television and Authority in the Lives of Women.  HQ767.5 U5 P73 1999
 
Robinson, Jo Ann.  Affirmative Action: A Documentary History.  JC599 U5 A346853 2001
 
Schwartz, Bernard.  A History of the Supreme Court.  KF8742 S39 1993
 
Stohr, Greg.  A Black and White Case: How Affirmative Action Survived its Greatest Legal Challenge.  KF228 G78 S76 2004
 
Tushnet, MArk.  A Court Divided: The Rhenquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law.  KF8742 T87 2005
 
United States Bill of Rights and the Constiutional Amendments.  VHS KF4749 U453x 1999
 
United States Constitution.  VHS KF4550 U553x 1999
 
Walker, Samuel.  Civil Liberties in America.  KF4749 W35 2004
 

 
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