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这本的知识很管用，虽然建国初期那段讲得比较简略，但后面有关民运、种族歧视和女性歧视的介绍很有意思，譬如 Brown v. Board of Education，Miranda v. Arizona，Roe v. Wade，还有同性婚姻这些著名法案，还有它们对美国国家和社会造成的影响。且不说能不能办到法律面前人人平等，至少在我看来没有人能凌驾于法律之上这条还是大多数美国人在坚守的一条民主准则，不过能不能别让最高法院的法官终身制了？这本是 Gregory Copeland 的插画。
What Is the Supreme Court? [Book] Google Books
author:
Jill Abramson
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Who HQ
publishing house:
Penguin Young Readers Group
2022
- 07
Hear ye, hear ye! Get ready to learn all about the most powerful court in the United States.
Ever since it was established in 1789, the United States Supreme Court has had a major impact on the lives of all Americans. Some of its landmark decisions have helped end segregation, protected a person’s privacy, and allowed people to marry whomever they love.
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.
With 80 black-and-white illustrations and an engaging 16-page photo insert, readers will be excited to read this addition to this New York Times Best-Selling series.
Ever since it was established in 1789, the United States Supreme Court has had a major impact on the lives of all Americans. Some of its landmark decisions have helped end segregation, protected a person’s privacy, and allowed people to marry whomever they love.
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.
With 80 black-and-white illustrations and an engaging 16-page photo insert, readers will be excited to read this addition to this New York Times Best-Selling series.