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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
Marijuana Moment blog, "Where Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Stands On Marijuana And Drug Policy," by Kyle Jaeger, July 10, 2018
CNBC, "Here's what that Supreme Court sales tax decision means for you," by Darla Mercado, June 21 2018
Gibson Dunn, "Summaries of Opinions of Supreme Court Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch," January 31, 2017
LawFare blog, "Summary of the Court's Opinion This Morning in Zivotofsky v. Kerry," by Sean Mirski, June 8, 2015
SALT Shaker blog (StateAndLocalTax.com), "Administrative Convenience Justifies Inequality in Tax Forgiveness Program," September 5, 2012
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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
Brett Kavanaugh: Allow mandatory drug testing at school for at-risk youth.
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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Foreign Policy
John Roberts: Allow Jerusalem-born man to have Israel on passport.
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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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Tax Reform
Anthony Kennedy: OK to collect sales tax on out-of-state Internet purchases.
Clarence Thomas: OK to collect sales tax on out-of-state Internet purchases.
Elena Kagan: Only Congress can allow out-of-state Internet sales tax.
John Roberts: Only Congress can allow out-of-state Internet sales tax.
Neil Gorsuch: OK to collect sales tax on out-of-state Internet purchases.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: OK to collect sales tax on out-of-state Internet purchases.
Samuel Alito: OK to collect sales tax on out-of-state Internet purchases.
Sonia Sotomayor: Only Congress can allow out-of-state Internet sales tax.
Stephen Breyer: Only Congress can allow out-of-state Internet sales tax.
Neil Gorsuch: IRS tax liens ok on fraudulently transferred property.
Larry Hogan: Refund for MD taxes that were paid in other states.
Peter Franchot: Refund for MD taxes that were paid in other states.
Anthony Kennedy: State taxes must credit taxes paid in other states.
Antonin Scalia: Dormant Commerce Clause is a judicial fraud.
Clarence Thomas: States need not credit taxes paid in other states.
Elena Kagan: States can tax out-of-state earnings, even if taxed there.
John Roberts: State taxes must credit taxes paid in other states.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: States can tax out-of-state earnings, even if taxed there.
Samuel Alito: State taxes must credit taxes paid in other states.
Sonia Sotomayor: State taxes must credit taxes paid in other states.
Stephen Breyer: State taxes must credit taxes paid in other states.
John Roberts: Refund sewer taxes equally, whether prepaid or installment.
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The above quotations are from Supreme Court decisions 2010-2019.
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