Lisa Paddock, PhD, LLB, formerly a professor of English, is a lawyer and freelance journalist who specializes in intellectual property.

• Introduction. PART I: "WE'LL TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT". Chapter 1: Considering the Court of Last Resort. Chapter 2: Getting to Cert. Chapter 3: Making a Decision. PART II: JUDGING THE JUSTICES. Chapter 4: Make No Mistake, These Justices Are Politicians: The Conformation Contest. Chapter 5: First Among Equals: The Chief Justice. Chapter 6: A Touch of Class: Some Notable Justices. Chapter 7: Rogues Gallery: Some Notorious Justices. PART III: SETTING PRECEDENTS: CASES THAT COUNT. Chapter 8: The First Amendment is the First Amendment. Chapter 9:Due Process: What It Is, and Who Gets It? Chapter 10: Equal Protection: How Equal Is It? PART IV: HIGH DRAMA ON THE HIGH COURT. Chapter 11: Dred Scott and Civil War. Chapter 12: Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement. PART V: UNDERSTANDING SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. Chapter 13: Using the Internet: Your Best Bet. Chapter 14: The Supreme Court Reporter Is Not a Magazine: Traditional Research. PART VI: BECOMING A COURT INSIDER. Chapter 15: Law Clerks: The Worker Bees. Chapter 16: They Also Serve: Other Court Staff. PART VII: THE PART OF TENS. Chapter 17: The Court's Ten Best Decisions. Chapter 18: The Court's Ten Worst Decisions. Chapter 19: Ten Ways the Court Has Changed the Course of History. PART VIII: APPENDIXES. Appendix A: Common Legal Terms. Appendix B: Constitution of the United States of America. Appendix C: Justices of the Supreme Court. Index.

Lisa Paddock, PhD, LLB, formerly a professor of English, is a lawyer and freelance journalist who specializes in intellectual property.

• Introduction. PART I: "WE'LL TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT". Chapter 1: Considering the Court of Last Resort. Chapter 2: Getting to Cert. Chapter 3: Making a Decision. PART II: JUDGING THE JUSTICES. Chapter 4: Make No Mistake, These Justices Are Politicians: The Conformation Contest. Chapter 5: First Among Equals: The Chief Justice. Chapter 6: A Touch of Class: Some Notable Justices. Chapter 7: Rogues Gallery: Some Notorious Justices. PART III: SETTING PRECEDENTS: CASES THAT COUNT. Chapter 8: The First Amendment is the First Amendment. Chapter 9:Due Process: What It Is, and Who Gets It? Chapter 10: Equal Protection: How Equal Is It? PART IV: HIGH DRAMA ON THE HIGH COURT. Chapter 11: Dred Scott and Civil War. Chapter 12: Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement. PART V: UNDERSTANDING SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. Chapter 13: Using the Internet: Your Best Bet. Chapter 14: The Supreme Court Reporter Is Not a Magazine: Traditional Research. PART VI: BECOMING A COURT INSIDER. Chapter 15: Law Clerks: The Worker Bees. Chapter 16: They Also Serve: Other Court Staff. PART VII: THE PART OF TENS. Chapter 17: The Court's Ten Best Decisions. Chapter 18: The Court's Ten Worst Decisions. Chapter 19: Ten Ways the Court Has Changed the Course of History. PART VIII: APPENDIXES. Appendix A: Common Legal Terms. Appendix B: Constitution of the United States of America. Appendix C: Justices of the Supreme Court. Index.

Lisa Paddock, PhD, LLB, formerly a professor of English, is a lawyer and freelance journalist who specializes in intellectual property.

• Introduction. PART I: "WE'LL TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT". Chapter 1: Considering the Court of Last Resort. Chapter 2: Getting to Cert. Chapter 3: Making a Decision. PART II: JUDGING THE JUSTICES. Chapter 4: Make No Mistake, These Justices Are Politicians: The Conformation Contest. Chapter 5: First Among Equals: The Chief Justice. Chapter 6: A Touch of Class: Some Notable Justices. Chapter 7: Rogues Gallery: Some Notorious Justices. PART III: SETTING PRECEDENTS: CASES THAT COUNT. Chapter 8: The First Amendment is the First Amendment. Chapter 9:Due Process: What It Is, and Who Gets It? Chapter 10: Equal Protection: How Equal Is It? PART IV: HIGH DRAMA ON THE HIGH COURT. Chapter 11: Dred Scott and Civil War. Chapter 12: Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement. PART V: UNDERSTANDING SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. Chapter 13: Using the Internet: Your Best Bet. Chapter 14: The Supreme Court Reporter Is Not a Magazine: Traditional Research. PART VI: BECOMING A COURT INSIDER. Chapter 15: Law Clerks: The Worker Bees. Chapter 16: They Also Serve: Other Court Staff. PART VII: THE PART OF TENS. Chapter 17: The Court's Ten Best Decisions. Chapter 18: The Court's Ten Worst Decisions. Chapter 19: Ten Ways the Court Has Changed the Course of History. PART VIII: APPENDIXES. Appendix A: Common Legal Terms. Appendix B: Constitution of the United States of America. Appendix C: Justices of the Supreme Court. Index.