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1 online resource (195 pages) |
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Introduction : The role of oral arguments in the Supreme Court / Timothy R. Johnson and Jerry Goldman -- Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow : ten commandments of oral arguments / Dahlia Lithwick -- Forsyth County, Georgia v. the Nationalist Movement : a workman-like performance / Tim O'Brien -- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey : the rhetorical battle over Roe / Lyle Denniston -- Bush v. Gore : preparing for oral combat : the fight for the presidency / Charles Bierbauer -- Glickman v. Wileman Brothers and Elliott Inc. : how oral arguments led to a lawsuit / Tony Mauro -- Grutter v. Bollinger : an argument for the ages / Greg Stohr -- Chandler v. Miller : double indemnity / Nina Totenberg -- Rapanos v. United States : wading into the wetlands / David G. Savage -- Randall v. Sorrell : arguing over campaign finance in Vermont / Brent Kendall -- UAAAIWA v. Johnson Controls Inc. : fighting for women's rights in the workplace / Steve Lash -- Time Inc. v. Hill : a future president makes his case / Fred Graham |
| Summary |
Courtroom proceedings offer the thrill of a sporting event and the drama of a stage production as lawyers match wits, grill witnesses, and introduce eleventh-hour elements that may upend the course of a trial. The most decisive contests play out in the U.S. Supreme Court, where lawyers debate the meaning of the highest law-the Constitution-before the highest legal authorities-the nine justices. In A Good Quarrel, the nation's best court reporters discuss the most memorable cases of the past fifty years. These journalists not only recreate the key moments of the oral arguments, they analyze the attorneys' and justices' strategic use of rhetoric, logic, and emotional displays. In addition to a ringside account of each case, this volume provides web links to complete audio recordings of each oral argument and individual clips so that the reader can listen in on the debates that resolved a disputed presidential election, reconsidered women's rights, reassessed affirmative action, and decided many other pressing issues in the United States. Contributors: Charles Bierbauer Lyle Denniston Fred Graham Brent Kendall Steve Lash Richard Lazarus Dahlia Lithwick Tony Mauro Tim O'Brien David Savage Greg Stohr Nina Totenberg Timothy R. Johnson teaches in the political science department and the law school at the University of Minnesota. Jerry Goldman teaches political science at Northwestern University and directs the OYEZ Project, a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
United States. Supreme Court -- History -- Sources
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United States. Supreme Court fast |
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USA Supreme Court gnd |
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Constitutional history -- United States -- Sources
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Forensic orations -- United States
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LAW -- Government -- Federal.
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LAW -- General.
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Constitutional history
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Forensic orations
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Verfassungsrecht
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Goldman, Jerry.
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Johnson, Timothy Russell.
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| ISBN |
9780472022007 |
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0472022008 |
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