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	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
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JUSTICE ON THE BRINK

Linda Greenhouse

A Requiem for the Supreme Court

The gripping story of the year that transformed the Supreme Court into the court of Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning law columnist for The New York Times.

Many Americans were left stunned by the Supreme Court's recent decisions, especially the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse is legendary for her coverage of the Supreme Court. For more than forty years and with numerous accolades (including the Pulitzer) Greenhouse has taken readers inside the Court's actions and decisions with unparalleled analysis.

In JUSTICE ON THE BRINK, she offers unique insight into a court under stress and, with a gripping narrative, recounts the twelve months when the court turned its back on its legacy and traditions, abandoning any efforts to stay above and separate from politics. With extraordinary clarity and deep institutional knowledge, Greenhouse shows the seeds being planted for the court's eventual overturning of Roe v. Wade, expansion of access to guns, and unprecedented elevation of religious rights in American society. Both a chronicle and a requiem, this book depicts the struggle for the soul of the Supreme Court and gives us a peek into the future that awaits us all.

The hardcover edition of JUSTICE ON THE BRINK was published in November 2021 but for the Trade Paperback release in October 2022, Linda Greenhouse offers a brand new preface where she argues that to understand what happened in June 2022 regarding Roe v. Wade, guns, and religion, we must first understand what took place in the months following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - and the years leading up to it. The seeds for these recent earth-shattering opinions were planted long before.

Linda Greenhouse has reported on and written about the Supreme Court for The New York Times for more than four decades, earning numerous accolades, including a Pulitzer Prize. She currently writes an opinion column on the court and teaches at Yale Law School. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut, and Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

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Book Published 2022-10-04 by Random House

Comments

Linda Greenhouse, one of America's most astute writers about the Supreme Court, has written a remarkable book: a month-by-month narrative of Amy Coney Barrett's first year on the court that combines a riveting account of the legal arguments in pathbreaking cases - including cases involving religion, abortion, voting rights, and affirmative action - with compelling insights about how each of the nine justices resolved them. Justice on the Brink is invaluable for all citizens who want to understand the future of the court and the Constitution.

Linda Greenhouse is a kind of Gibbon of the Supreme Court, a chronicler of such perception and such depth that it is difficult to imagine how we could understand this vital and opaque institution without her. As Americans, we are nearly overwhelmed by coverage of the presidency and of the Congress, but the court remains stubbornly elusive - except to Greenhouse.

Linda Greenhouse has written what is, hands down, the best book about the Supreme Court, its inner dynamics, and its place in the nation's political and social life at least since Alexander Bickel's classic, The Least Dangerous Branch, written in 1962. Choosing this pivotal moment in the flow of America's history to open a revealing window into the history and workings of our highest court and a peek into its future and our own was a stroke of genius. Her account of the court from the death of Ruth Ginsburg to the rise of Amy Barrett moves at the pace of a thriller and teaches more about the court as an institution and the law as a discipline than any book of its length has any right to do.

A revelatory study of the Supreme Court in flux.

Linda Greenhouse's surpassing ability to decode the Supreme Court and consummate storytelling illuminate a truly watershed year. This is the book to read and reread for anyone wanting to understand what lies behind this pivotal time for American law and the legitimacy of American institutions.