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The Supreme Court endorses terrorists' rights, flag burning, and importing foreign law. Is that in the Constitution? You're right: it's not. But these days the Constitution is no restraint on our out-of-control Supreme Court. The Court imperiously strikes down laws and imposes new ones purely on its own arbitrary whims. Even though liberals like John Kerry are repeatedly defeated at the polls, the majority on the allegedly "conservative" Supreme Court reflects their views and wields absolute power.

Will abortion be legal? Should people of the same sex be allowed to marry? May colleges prefer black applicants over white ones? These are among the most bitterly contested issues in the United States today. We answer these questions, and many more, by presenting them to nine lawyers—the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. No other nation commits so many important questions to its highest court. Stuart Banner’s The Most Powerful Court in the World is an authoritative history of the United States Supreme Court from the Founding era to the present.

In this hard-hitting account of her work representing parents in care proceedings in the Family Court, child protection lawyer Teresa Thornhill conveys the dilemmas inherent in the job and shows how our under-resourced system of child protection – in both its social work and legal aspects – often fails to provide support that could enable the most vulnerable parents to continue to care for their children.

"Keith Scott Threatened Family, Wife Said in Court Papers" is from the September 27, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Richard Fausset and Alan Blinder and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Obama Climate Plan, Now in Court, May Hinge on Error in 1990 Law" is from the September 25, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Coral Davenport and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"US Soccer and Women's Team Union Argue in Court over CBA" is from the May 26, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Andrew Das and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Courtroom 302 is the fascinating story of one year in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country. Here we see the system through the eyes of the men and women who experience it, not only in the courtroom but in the lockup, the jury room, the judge's chambers, the spectators' gallery. From the daily grind of the court to the highest-profile case of the year, Steve Bogira's masterful investigation raises fundamental issues of race, civil rights, and justice in America.

Martin T. Manton was a corrupt federal appeals court judge in New York who was convicted in 1939 and sent to prison. At the time, this was a hugely important story: Manton was considered the highest-ranking judge in the United States after the nine Justices of the Supreme Court, and was nearly appointed to that august body in 1922. Yet his story has never been told in book-length form before, and never with the benefit of such exhaustive research.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Scopes Trial and the battle over evolution and creation in America's schools In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the twentieth century's most contentious courtroom dramas, pitting William Jennings...

"Scalia Led Court in Taking Trips Funded by Private Sponsors" is from the Travel section of The New York Times. It was written by Eric Lipton and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Court Upholds United Nations' Immunity in Cholera Suit" is from the August 19, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan M. Katz and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Trump's Supreme Court List: Ivy League? Out. The Heartland? In" is from the November 14, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Liptak and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Court Suspends 'Burkini' Ban in French Town" is from the August 26, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Aurelien Breeden and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Puerto Rico Fights for Chapter 9 Bankruptcy in Supreme Court" is from the March 22, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Mary Williams Walsh and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"In Immigration Court, Children Must Serve as Their Own Lawyers" is from the August 20, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Fernanda Santos and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"2 Charged with Giving Money to Brussels Attacks Suspect Appear in London Court" is from the April 29, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Kimiko De Freytas Tamura and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Supreme Court Agenda in the Trump Era? A Justice Seems to Supply One" is from the November 28, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Liptak and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Measure Would Let Guantánamo Detainees Enter Pleas in Civilian Court" is from the May 13, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Charlie Savage and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Volkswagen Supplier Played Key Role in Cheating, Court Papers Say" is from the August 18, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Jack Ewing and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Seeking Access to Facebook in China, Zuckerberg Courts Risks" is from March 20, 2016, Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Mozur and narrated by Kristi Burns.