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The Supremes' greatest hits, the 44 Supreme Court cases that most directly affect your life, Michael G. Trachtman

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The Supremes' greatest hits

Michael G. Trachtman

the 44 Supreme Court cases that most directly affect your life

Can the government seize your house to build a shopping mall? Can it determine what control you have over your own body? Can police search your cellphone? The answers to those questions come from the Supreme Court, whose rulings have shaped American life and justice and allowed Americans to retain basic freedoms such as privacy, free speech, and the right to a fair trial. Especially relevant in light of Justice Antonin Scalia's passing, as President Obama gears for a fight over nominating his successor, and as we prepare to elect a new president who may get to appoint other justices, the revised and updated edition of Michael G. Trachtman's riveting book includes ten important new cases from 2010 to 2015. The new cases include: Citizens United volume Federal Election Commission (2010), which restricts the right of governments to limit campaign contributions by corporations and unions; Burwell volume Hobby Lobby (2014), which allows a religious exemption from the Affordable Care Act requirement that corporations pay for contraceptive coverage for their employees; Riley volume California (2014), which ruled that police need warrants to search the cellphones of people they arrest; and Obergefell volume Hodges (2015), which ruled that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage

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Thirty-seven Supreme Court cases that most directly affect your life