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About: Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today’s Supreme Court by Sara Isgur attempts to explain the United States Supreme Court in an accessible, humanizing manner. Mrs. Isgur is the editor of SCOTUSblog, co-host of the Advisory Opinions […]
I didn’t find Framed by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey as astonishing as the title suggests, but more enraging, alarming, and terrifying
This is a powerful book, it starts a bit slowly but picks up soon after, and is certainly difficult to put down once the trial begins
The book’s strength is the presentation of coal mining, it’s benefits & destroying the environment. The struggles of coal miners are presented in a clear manner
The Law Says What? Stuff You Didn’t Know About the Law is a quick primer about the legal system, simplify legal concepts, give examples and source them as well
Mrs. Robinson was charged to allegedly changed the grades to conform with standardized testing, & circumstances caused public schools to be considered failures
The book immediately caught my attention since I really enjoy these min-biographies which delve in depth into a short, but meaningful time in the subject’s life
Article first published as Book Review: A Wilderness of Error by Errol Morris on Blogcritics. About: A Wilderness of Error : The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald by Errol Morris is a true-crime non-fiction book about the MacDonald Trial. Jeffrey MacDonald, former Captain […]
Part of the book is a scathing criticism of what was then the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), part is a memoir and part is interjections by Mr. Shaines
