Judge Richard S. Arnold
by PRICE, POLLY J.GINSBURG, RUTH BADERFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-04-21
Publisher(s): Prometheus Books
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Summary
Through internal court documents, interviews, and Arnold's diaries, Price traces the former judge's life, career, and political transformation from an elite Southerner with deep misgivings about "Brown v. Board of Education" to a modern champion of civil rights.
Author Biography
Judge Richard S. Arnold: A Legacy Of Justice On The Federal Bench Is A Compelling Portrait Of One Of America's Most Important Federal Judges, Widely Believed To Be One Of The Best Judges Never To Serve On The Supreme Court.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. 7 |
| Introduction | p. 11 |
| Beginning the Course of Justice | p. 17 |
| William Brennan's Law Clerk | p. 41 |
| Law Practice | p. 71 |
| The Political Candidate | p. 95 |
| Appointment to the US District Court | p. 123 |
| Trial Judge for Civil Liberties | p. 145 |
| To the Court of Appeals | p. 171 |
| Life and Death below the Supreme Court | p. 191 |
| Free Speech and the First Amendment | p. 225 |
| The Right of Privacy and Abortion | p. 251 |
| Desegregation in Little Rock | p. 273 |
| "The Intensely Practical Nature of the Political Process" | p. 301 |
| Two Opportunities for the Supreme Court | p. 323 |
| Open Courts, Public Ethics, and Private Faith | p. 351 |
| Epilogue | p. 377 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 383 |
| Note on Sources | p. 385 |
| Notes | p. 387 |
| Index | p. 453 |
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