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America's Lawyer-presidents

Author : Norman Gross
Publisher : TriQuarterly Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book America's Lawyer-presidents written by Norman Gross and published by TriQuarterly Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have the legal careers of twenty-five American presidents shaped their presidencies? Of America's forty-three presidents, twenty-five have been lawyers. America's most beloved and admired president, Abraham Lincoln, was involved in more than 5,100 cases during his 25-year legal career. John Adams, the first lawyer-president, combined a twenty-year law practice with significant contributions to our nation's founding charters. His son, John Quincy Adams, argued landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases both before and after his presidency. He was one of eight lawyer-presidents to appear as counsel before the highest court in the land. Rutherford Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, and other lawyer-presidents gained fame handling sensational murder trials and equally high profile cases. These are but a few of the fascinating stories about the legal careers of America's lawyer-presidents. Yet, these stories have largely been untold--until now. America's Lawyer-Presidents sheds light on the legal backgrounds of each of these chief executives and how their experiences as lawyers impacted and shaped their presidencies. Written by historians and presidential scholars and featuring an engaging and image-rich presentation, America's Lawyer-Presidents provides new insights into our national leaders and their lives and times, from colonial days to the present.

The Legal Mind and the Presidency

Author : Albert Lebowitz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781457517983
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book The Legal Mind and the Presidency written by Albert Lebowitz and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effect of the legal mind on the presidency has been largely ignored in the immense book world concerned with the tiniest ways presidents function and what makes them tick. It seems safe to say that it is time to take the bull by the horns. After all, twenty-seven of the forty-four presidents have been lawyers. Even with the advent of the most lawyerly of them all, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, and many hundreds of books and articles about them, ranging from whether Clinton dodged the draft or whether Obama was born in America, little or nothing has been made of both of them graduating Ivy League law schools, being constitutional law professors, Clinton a Rhodes Scholar, Obama, President of the Harvard Law Review -their wives also graduating Ivy League law schools and practicing law. That they find themselves among the more vilified American presidents is only partly attributable, in Obama's case, to his African Americanism and Clinton to his sexual escapades. Unlikely mirror images emerge, coupling Abraham Lincoln and Richard Nixon, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the 'Dough Faces'. Ultimately we are dealing with a deep, persistent, historical American hostility toward being governed by law and lawyers. Albert Lebowitz has previously published an article entitled Three Variations of the Supreme Court's Legal Mind in The Akron Law Review Vol.24, No 1, Summer 1990. He has published two novels at Random House (Laban's Will and The Man Who Wouldn't Say No). A collection of short stories (A Matter Of Days) was published by the Louisiana State University Press. He has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an A.B. from Washington University in St. Louis. He is profiled in Who's Who In America. Currently he is working on a novel entitled Her Own Man.

The Lawyers Who Made America

Author : Anthony Arlidge
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 150990638X
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Lawyers Who Made America written by Anthony Arlidge and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other nation's creation, both politically and socially, owes such a debt to lawyers as the United States of America. This book traces the story of that creation through the human lives of those who played important parts in it: amongst others, of English lawyers who established the form of the original colonies; of the Founding Fathers, who declared independence and created a Constitution; of Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Justices of the Supreme Court and finally Barack Obama. Even Richard Nixon features, if only as a reminder that even the President is subject to the law. The author combines his wide legal experience and engaging writing style to produce a book that will enthral lawyers and laymen alike, giving perhaps a timely reminder of the importance of the rule of law to American democracy.

American Bar Leaders

Author : James Grafton Rogers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Bar Leaders written by James Grafton Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jonathon' POTUS Cousins

Author : W. Lipton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Jonathon' POTUS Cousins written by W. Lipton and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Presidents have many characteristics, but one common element is often unrecognized -- they are all part of one extended family.With only a few exceptions, one of whom was a homosexual, and two who were first generation American who married into Presidental cousin families, they are all POTUS COUSINS.That is, the President was a cousin to one or more Presidents and First Ladies.An interesting example, despite all that has been written about President Obama, nobody seems to have mentioned that he was a 3rd cousin 10x removed to George Washington; a 10th cousin 1x removed to George Bush; a 8th cousin 3x removed to Bill Clinton; and in all, he was related, via common grandparents, to 19 prior administrations.Even POTUS-45, Donald Trump, who is himself a first generation American, is the father of a POTUS Cousin, his daughter Tiffany Trump, whose mother is from the ancestral line of multiple past presidents.Since publication, additional research has extended the ancestral tree of each POTUS back beyond the dawn of the Colonial Period, and further connections have emerged.With the exception of Martin Van Buren, for whom there is no additional genealogical data to be found, every POTUS is a direct descendant of one or more of 5-Sisters who lived around 1170.Fully 41% of the presidents are descended from four of the sisters -- 18 from four, 1 from all five.Utilizing this new knowledge, it appears that, while she is related to a POTUS, Hillary Clinton is not descended from the 5-Sisters -- inferring her election defeat was inevitable, since Donald Trump is descended from three of the sisters. This aspect of the historical analysis is continued in the author's Trump Card series 7th book, "NEXT 2020", and in the 8th book of that series, "IMPEACH V HISTORY".

The American Lawyer

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Lawyer written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Perilous Path

Author : Sherrilyn Ifill
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1620973960
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book A Perilous Path written by Sherrilyn Ifill and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A frank and enlightening discussion on race and the law in America today, from some of our leading legal minds—including the bestselling author of Just Mercy This blisteringly candid discussion of the American racial dilemma in the age of Black Lives Matter brings together the head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the former attorney general of the United States, a bestselling author and death penalty lawyer, and a star professor for an honest conversation the country desperately needs to hear. Drawing on their collective decades of work on civil rights issues as well as personal histories of rising from poverty and oppression, these titans of the legal profession discuss the importance of working for justice in an unjust time. Covering topics as varied as “the commonality of pain,” “when ‘public’ became a dirty word,” and the concept of an “equality dividend” that is due to people of color for helping America brand itself internationally as a country of diversity and acceptance, Sherrilyn Ifill, Loretta Lynch, Bryan Stevenson, and Anthony C. Thompson engage in a deeply thought-provoking discussion on the law’s role in both creating and solving our most pressing racial quandaries. A Perilous Path will speak loudly and clearly to everyone concerned about America’s perpetual fault line.

American Presidents, Deportations, and Human Rights Violations

Author : Bill Ong Hing
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108472281
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book American Presidents, Deportations, and Human Rights Violations written by Bill Ong Hing and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how mass detention and deportation of immigrants, has escalated even higher since the Obama and Trump administrations.

The Great Chief Justice

Author : Charles F. Hobson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Great Chief Justice written by Charles F. Hobson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Marshall remains one of the towering figures in the landscape of American law. From the Revolution to the age of Jackson, he played a critical role in defining the "province of the judiciary" and the constitutional limits of legislative action. In this masterly study, Charles Hobson clarifies the coherence and thrust of Marshall's jurisprudence while keeping in sight the man as well as the jurist." "Hobson argues that contrary to his critics, Marshall was no ideologue intent upon appropriating the lawmaking powers of Congress. Rather, he was deeply committed to a principled jurisprudence that was based on a steadfast devotion to a "science of law" richly steeped in the common law tradition. As Hobson shows, such jurisprudence governed every aspect of Marshall's legal philosophy and court opinions, including his understanding of judicial review." "The chief justice, Hobson contends, did not invent judicial review (as many have claimed) but consolidated its practice by adapting common law methods to the needs of a new nation. In practice, his use of judicial review was restrained, employed almost exclusively against acts of the state legislatures. Ultimately, he wielded judicial review to prevent the states from undermining the power of a national government still struggling to establish sovereignty at home and respect abroad."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Author : American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher : American Bar Association
ISBN 13 : 9781590318737
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Counsel for the Situation

Author : William T. Coleman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780815733348
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Counsel for the Situation written by William T. Coleman and published by . This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ""Bill Coleman's story is one that younger generations should mark and inwardly digest, lest they forget the pioneers who helped to make a better America possible."" --From the Foreword by Stephen G. Breyer William Coleman has spent a lifetime opening doors and breaking down barriers. He has been an eyewitness to history; moreover, he has made history. This is his inspiring story, in his own words. Americans of color faced daunting barriers in the 1940s. Despite graduating first in his class at Harvard Law and clerking for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, Coleman was shut out of major East Coast law firms. But as the Philadelphia native writes, ""The times, they were a'changing."" He not only benefited from that change--he helped propel it, by way of dogged determination, undeniable intellect, and stellar accomplishment. Coleman's legal work with Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund helped jumpstart the civil rights movement in the 1950s. He was the first American of color to clerk for the Supreme Court, and later served as senior counsel to the Warren Commission, investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In 1975 he was appointed secretary of transportation by President Gerald Ford--the first American of color to serve in a Republican cabinet--and in 1995 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Bill Clinton. At his core, Bill Coleman is a lawyer. He strives to be a ""counsel for the situation""--an advocate able to take on major matters in a variety of legal disciplines while upholding the highest traditions of justice and the public interest. He is fiercely proud of the legal profession's role in a democratic society and free economy, and he is grateful for the opportunities that profession has afforded him in the court room, the board room, and the corridors of power. It is through this prism that he relates his own story--his life and the law. The results speak for themselves, and in this immensely entertaining chronicle, the Counsel for the Situation speaks for himself. "

The President and Immigration Law

Author : Adam B. Cox
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190694386
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The President and Immigration Law written by Adam B. Cox and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who controls American immigration policy? The biggest immigration controversies of the last decade have all involved policies produced by the President policies such as President Obama's decision to protect Dreamers from deportation and President Trump's proclamation banning immigrants from several majority-Muslim nations. While critics of these policies have been separated by a vast ideological chasm, their broadsides have embodied the same widely shared belief: that Congress, not the President, ought to dictate who may come to the United States and who will be forced to leave. This belief is a myth. In The President and Immigration Law, Adam B. Cox and Cristina M. Rodríguez chronicle the untold story of how, over the course of two centuries, the President became our immigration policymaker-in-chief. Diving deep into the history of American immigration policy from founding-era disputes over deporting sympathizers with France to contemporary debates about asylum-seekers at the Southern border they show how migration crises, real or imagined, have empowered presidents. Far more importantly, they also uncover how the Executive's ordinary power to decide when to enforce the law, and against whom, has become an extraordinarily powerful vehicle for making immigration policy. This pathbreaking account helps us understand how the United States ?has come to run an enormous shadow immigration system-one in which nearly half of all noncitizens in the country are living in violation of the law. It also provides a blueprint for reform, one that accepts rather than laments the role the President plays in shaping the national community, while also outlining strategies to curb the abuse of law enforcement authority in immigration and beyond.

The Limits of Presidential Power

Author : Lisa Manheim
Publisher : Manheim & Watts, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780999698808
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Presidential Power written by Lisa Manheim and published by Manheim & Watts, LLC. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This one-of-a-kind guide provides a crash course in the laws governing the President of the United States. In an engaging and accessible style, two law professors explain the principles that inform everything from President Washington's disagreements with Congress to President Trump's struggles with the courts, and more. Timely and to the point, this guide provides the essential information every informed civic participant needs to know about the laws that govern the president-and what those laws mean for those who want to make their voices heard.

On the Courthouse Lawn, Revised Edition

Author : Sherrilyn A. Ifill
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807023094
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book On the Courthouse Lawn, Revised Edition written by Sherrilyn A. Ifill and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploration of the effects of lynching in the U.S. speaks powerfully to us in these times that have witnessed the creation of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. Nearly five thousand black Americans were lynched between 1890 and 1960, and the effects of this racial trauma continue to resound. Inspired by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and drawing on techniques of restorative justice, Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, offers concrete ways for communities to heal. She also issues a clarion call for communities with histories of racial violence to be proactive in facing this legacy. This revised edition speaks powerfully to us in these times that have witnessed the creation of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. e new foreword from Bryan Stevenson helps readers to better understand contemporary struggles and come to terms with the legacy of racial terror in the United States. In a new afterword, Ifill reflects on the recent strides made throughout the country to break the silence surrounding lynching and to recognize the victims of violence.Th

Lady Justice

Author : Dahlia Lithwick
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525561404
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Lady Justice written by Dahlia Lithwick and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the LA Times Book Prize in Current Interest An instant New York Times Bestseller! “Stirring…Lithwick’s approach, interweaving interviews with legal commentary, allows her subjects to shine...Inspiring.”—New York Times Book Review “In Dahlia Lithwick’s urgent, engaging Lady Justice, Dobbs serves as a devastating bookend to a story that begins in hope.”—Boston Globe Dahlia Lithwick, one of the nation’s foremost legal commentators, tells the gripping and heroic story of the women lawyers who fought the racism, sexism, and xenophobia of Donald Trump’s presidency—and won After the sudden shock of Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016, many Americans felt lost and uncertain. It was clear he and his administration were going to pursue a series of retrograde, devastating policies. What could be done? Immediately, women lawyers all around the country, independently of each other, sprang into action, and they had a common goal: they weren’t going to stand by in the face of injustice, while Trump, Mitch McConnell, and the Republican party did everything in their power to remake the judiciary in their own conservative image. Over the next four years, the women worked tirelessly to hold the line against the most chaotic and malign presidency in living memory. There was Sally Yates, the acting attorney general of the United States, who refused to sign off on the Muslim travel ban. And Becca Heller, the founder of a refugee assistance program who brought the fight over the travel ban to the airports. And Roberta Kaplan, the famed commercial litigator, who sued the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville. And, of course, Stacey Abrams, whose efforts to protect the voting rights of millions of Georgians may well have been what won the Senate for the Democrats in 2020. These are just a handful of the stories Lithwick dramatizes in thrilling detail to tell a brand-new and deeply inspiring account of the Trump years. With unparalleled access to her subjects, she has written a luminous book, not about the villains of the Trump years, but about the heroes. And as the country confronts the news that the Supreme Court, which includes three Trump-appointed justices, will soon overturn Roe v. Wade, Lithwick shines a light on not only the major consequences of such a decision, but issues a clarion call to all who might, like the women in this book, feel the urgency to join the fight. A celebration of the tireless efforts, legal ingenuity, and indefatigable spirit of the women whose work all too often went unrecognized at the time, Lady Justice is destined to be treasured and passed from hand to hand for generations to come, not just among lawyers and law students, but among all optimistic and hopeful Americans.

Martin Van Buren

Author : United Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789464900682
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Martin Van Buren written by United Library and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the life and legacy of Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, in this comprehensive biography that brings to light the political genius and complex character of a statesman often overshadowed by his contemporaries. In Martin Van Bure's book, readers will embark on a journey through the turbulent political landscape of the 19th century, where Van Buren played a pivotal role in shaping the nation. Born in Kinderhook, New York, Van Buren was the first president born after the American Revolution, a fact that reflected his unique place in American history. As a lawyer turned politician, he rose through the ranks of the Democratic-Republican Party, ultimately becoming the primary founder of the Democratic Party. Van Buren's political journey took him from the New York State Senate to the United States Senate, and eventually into key roles in Andrew Jackson's administration, including Secretary of State and Vice President. Van Buren's presidency, marked by the Panic of 1837, tested his leadership as he implemented the Independent Treasury system to address economic challenges. His stance on the admission of Texas to the Union, driven by a desire to avoid exacerbating sectional tensions, proved controversial. Despite these challenges, he left a lasting impact on American politics and the Democratic Party. This biography explores Van Buren's intricate relationship with Jackson, his efforts to establish a two-party system based on ideology, and his contributions to the organizational structure of the Democratic Party. It sheds light on his evolution as a statesman, from his early political career to his later role as an anti-slavery leader and Free Soil Party nominee in the 1848 presidential election. Whether you are a history enthusiast or seeking to understand the dynamics of 19th-century American politics, this book offers a rich and detailed portrait of a leader who left an enduring legacy on the nation's democratic institutions.

The Law of the Executive Branch

Author : Louis Fisher
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199856214
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Law of the Executive Branch written by Louis Fisher and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Law of the Executive Branch: Presidential Power places the law of the executive branch firmly in the context of constitutional language, framers' intent, and more than two centuries of practice. Each provision of the US Constitution is analyzed to reveal its contemporary meaning and in concert with the application of presidential power.