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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Supreme Court decisions 2010-2019
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Abortion
Anthony Kennedy: Disallow obstacles to medical services for abortion.
Brett Kavanaugh: See if anti-abortion rules are burdensome before banning.
Clarence Thomas: Ok for states to require hospital nearby abortion service.
Elena Kagan: Don't require admitting privileges for abortionists.
John Roberts: Unconstitutional to require hospital nearby abortion service.
Neil Gorsuch: Ok for states to require hospital nearby abortion service.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Don't require admitting privileges for abortionists.
Samuel Alito: Ok for states to require hospital nearby abortion service.
Sonia Sotomayor: Don't require admitting privileges for abortionists.
Stephen Breyer: Don't require admitting privileges for abortionists.
Merrick Garland: Record on abortion rights entirely blank.
Elena Kagan: Compromise on abortion if core rights & exceptions upheld.
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Civil Rights
Merrick Garland: Spotty record on supporting LGBT protests and free speech.
Anthony Kennedy: No longer deny gays the profound liberty of marriage.
Anthony Kennedy: Living Constitution: apply 14th amendment to gay marriage.
Antonin Scalia: Showy profundities on gay marriage are profoundly incoherent.
Antonin Scalia: Everyone in history, until 15 years ago, understood marriage.
Clarence Thomas: Anti-gay marriage laws not the same as anti-miscegenation.
Elena Kagan: Concurred on no longer deny gays the right to marriage.
John Roberts: Constitution says nothing about marriage OR gay marriage.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Concurred on no longer deny gays the right to marriage.
Sonia Sotomayor: Concurred on no longer deny gays the right to marriage.
Stephen Breyer: Concurred on no longer deny gays the right to marriage.
Anthony Kennedy: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies.
Elena Kagan: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies.
Sonia Sotomayor: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies.
Stephen Breyer: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies.
Anthony Kennedy: Overturn DOMA; equal protection for same-sex couples.
Ken Cuccinelli: Traditional marriage isn't sexual-orientation discrimination.
Elena Kagan: Oppose don't-ask-don't-tell but defend it as current law.
Elena Kagan: Defend Defense of Marriage Act, since it is the law.
Elena Kagan: OpEd: Conservatives see Kagan as sure vote for gay rights.
Merrick Garland: Let civil rights plaintiffs receive appropriate day in Court.
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Corporations
Anthony Kennedy: Wrote Citizens United:Corporate spending is protected speech.
Antonin Scalia: Corporate political spending is protected free speech.
Barack Obama: Citizens United is a victory for Wall Street & Big Business.
Clarence Thomas: Corporate spending is protected speech, even if anonymous.
John Paul Stevens: Corporate political spending is not protected free speech.
John Roberts: Corporate political spending is protected free speech.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Corporate political spending is not protected free speech.
Samuel Alito: Corporate political spending is protected free speech.
Sonia Sotomayor: Corporate political spending is not protected free speech.
Stephen Breyer: Corporate political spending is not protected free speech.
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Drugs
Merrick Garland: Let DEA decide whether marijuana has any medical benefits.
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Education
Elena Kagan: No reverse discrimination unless justified by other reasons.
Elena Kagan: 2000: Limited public aid to parochial schools is ok.
Elena Kagan: 1998: Don't justify all-girl school by making all-boy school.
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Environment
Elena Kagan: Established environmental law program at Harvard.
Merrick Garland: Supports EPA's anti-haze regulations.
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Families & Children
Antonin Scalia: Let states decide same-sex marriage; keep federal DOMA.
Clarence Thomas: Constitution doesn't define marriage, so let states decide.
Elena Kagan: Overturn DOMA; equal protection for same-sex couples.
John Roberts: Interests in uniformity and stability justify DOMA.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Overturn DOMA; equal protection for same-sex couples.
Samuel Alito: Constitution doesn't define marriage, so DOMA should stand.
Sonia Sotomayor: Overturn DOMA; equal protection for same-sex couples.
Stephen Breyer: Overturn DOMA; equal protection for same-sex couples.
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Government Reform
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Supreme Court should disallow partisan gerrymandering.
John Kasich: Supreme Court should disallow partisan gerrymandering.
John Kasich: Supreme Court should disallow partisan gerrymandering.
Larry Hogan: Partisan gerrymandering disenfranchises voters.
Larry Hogan: Partisan gerrymandering disenfranchises voters.
Martin O`Malley: Partisan gerrymandering was my purpose; Supreme Court agrees.
Anthony Kennedy: Federal control over state voting is outdated.
Antonin Scalia: Federal control over state voting is outdated.
Clarence Thomas: Federal control over state voting is unconstitutional.
Elena Kagan: Voting Rights Act still needed to prevent discrimination.
John Roberts: Federal control over state voting is outdated.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Voting Rights Act still needed to prevent discrimination.
Samuel Alito: Federal control over state voting is outdated.
Sonia Sotomayor: Voting Rights Act still needed to prevent discrimination.
Stephen Breyer: Voting Rights Act still needed to prevent discrimination.
John Roberts: States waive sovereign immunity by accepting federal funds.
Merrick Garland: Preference for open & transparent government, like FOIA.
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Health Care
Antonin Scalia: We should start calling ObamaCare "SCOTUS-care".
John Roberts: ObamaCare improves health insurance market: not destroy them.
Antonin Scalia: ObamaCare "state exchanges" cannot be federal exchanges.
Clarence Thomas: Concurs that ObamaCare "state exchanges" cannot be federal.
Samuel Alito: Concurs that ObamaCare "state exchanges" cannot be federal.
Anthony Kennedy: ObamaCare's individual mandate is unconstitutional.
Antonin Scalia: ObamaCare's individual mandate is unconstitutional.
Clarence Thomas: ObamaCare interprets Commerce Clause too broadly.
Elena Kagan: ObamaCare's mandate is constitutional under Commerce Clause.
John Roberts: ObamaCare's individual mandate is constitutional as a tax.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: ObamaCare's mandate is constitutional under Commerce Clause.
Samuel Alito: ObamaCare's individual mandate is unconstitutional.
Sonia Sotomayor: ObamaCare's mandate is constitutional under Commerce Clause.
Stephen Breyer: ObamaCare's mandate is constitutional under Commerce Clause.
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Homeland Security
Merrick Garland: Let Abu Ghraib torture victims sue their torturers.
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The above quotations are from Supreme Court decisions 2010-2019.
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