What is the Supreme Court? / by Jill Abramson ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland.

By:

Abramson, Jill, 1954- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Copeland, Gregory [illustrator.]

Material type:

TextSeries: Publisher: New York : Penguin Workshop, [2022]Description: 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780593386781
9780593386798

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

347.73 ABR 23/eng/20221115

LOC classification:

KF8742 .A725 2022

Contents:

What Is the Supreme Court? -- What Is the judiciary? -- The first Monday in October -- Beginnings -- The worst decision ever -- Separate but equal? -- Packing the court -- A decision for Linda Brown -- Rights of the accused -- Marriage and protest -- The 2000 Presidential Race -- No longer a "men's club" -- It is so ordered.

Summary: Ever since it was established, the United States Supreme Court has had a major impact on the lives of all Americans. Some of its landmark decisions have helped end segregation, protected a person's privacy, and allowed people to marry whomever they love. This book explains how the highest court in the United States works, who gets to serve on it, which cases have had the greatest impact on the country, and why the US justice system is so vital to democracy.

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Includes bibliographical references (page 108).

Ever since it was established, the United States Supreme Court has had a major impact on the lives of all Americans. Some of its landmark decisions have helped end segregation, protected a person's privacy, and allowed people to marry whomever they love. This book explains how the highest court in the United States works, who gets to serve on it, which cases have had the greatest impact on the country, and why the US justice system is so vital to democracy.