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Against the Death Penalty by Breyer, Stephen
Call Number: Stacks - KF9227 .C2 B74 2016
Publication Date: 2016
My own words. by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Call Number: KF373 .G565 G56 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon; Shana Knizhnik
Call Number: Stacks - KF8745 .G56 C37 2015
Publication Date: 2015
A detailed history of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legal career.
Plutocrats United : Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections by Hasen, Richard L
Call Number: Stacks - KF4920 .H37 2016
Publication Date: 2016
Examination of "dark money" political spending after the Citizens United Supreme court decision.
Seek and hide : the tangled history of the right to privacy. by Amy Gajda.
Call Number: KF1262 .G35 2022
Publication Date: 2022
Sonia Sotomayor : the Supreme Court's First Hispanic Justice by Barrington, Richard
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2015
Biography of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

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