Review and coverage of Wil Haygood’s new book, “Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America.” Julia M. Klein has this review of the book online at The Boston Globe.
The September 14, 2015 issue of Publishers Weekly contains an article headlined “Thurgood Marshall, Revealed: Wil Haygood.”
And ArtsATL has an interview with the book’s author headlined “Wil Haygood’s ‘Showdown,’ a thriller on Thurgood Marshall’s Supreme Court confirmation.”
“Watch for an assault on the Kansas Supreme Court”: Columnist Steve Rose has this essay online at The Kansas City Star.
“Supreme Court justice targets court language barriers”: The Napa Valley Register has an article that begins, “State Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar knows about the immigrant experience firsthand.”
“Penn Law School receives $8.6 million from former Supreme Court Justice’s family”: The Daily Pennsylvanian has this report.
“America’s Fragile Constitution: The Founders misread history and established a dysfunctional system of government; A case for a little less reverence.” Yoni Appelbaum has this article in the October 2015 issue of The Atlantic.
“When Kim Davis returns to work on Monday, what will she do?” CNN.com has this report.
“Breyer says understanding foreign law is critical to Supreme Court’s work”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Is Fair Game for Political Debate, Breyer Says; In interview, Justice Stephen Breyer says ‘nobody’s above debate,’ including the high court.”
“Q&A: Justice Stephen Breyer.” CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford interviewed Justice Stephen G. Breyer for today’s broadcast of “Sunday Morning.” You can access the transcript of the segment at this link.
