Supreme Court For Dummies

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.