By Adam Cohen. Surveys the most significant Supreme Court rulings since the Nixon era and exposes how rarely the Court has veered away from its agenda of promoting inequality. Contrary to what Americans like to believe, the Court has done little to protect the rights of the poor and disadvantaged; in fact, it has not been on their side for fifty years. Many of the greatest successes of the Warren Court, in areas such as school desegregation, voting rights, and protecting workers, have been abandoned in favor of rulings that protect corporations and privileged Americans, who tend to be white, wealthy, and powerful. Read more.
Na Adam Cohen. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika makala ya mwisho ya kitabu hiki, ""Hukumu muhimu zaidi za Mahakama Kuu ya Marekani tangu enzi ya Nixon"" inaonyesha jinsi mahakama hiyo imepotoka mara chache kutoka kwa ajenda yake ya kukuza ukosefu wa usawa." Kinyume na kile Wamarekani wanapenda kuamini, Mahakama imefanya kidogo kulinda haki za maskini na walio chini; kwa kweli, haikuwa upande wao kwa miaka hamsini. "Mengi ya mafanikio makubwa ya Mahakama ya Warren, katika maeneo kama vile kuondolewa kwa ubaguzi wa rangi katika shule, haki za kupiga kura, na kulinda wafanyakazi, yameachwa kwa ajili ya maamuzi ambayo yanalinda makampuni na Wamarekani wenye mapendeleo, ambao huwa weupe, matajiri, na wenye nguvu.""" Soma zaidi.