An edition of Last Branch Standing Title:Subtitle A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court
(2026)
Last Branch Standing
A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court
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Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court
April 14, 2026, Crown
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Last Branch Standing Title:Subtitle A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court
April 14, 2026, Crown
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First Sentence
"I get it. You believe this Supreme Court is an extremist right-wing juggernaut that is taking away people's fundamental rights by rolling back antidiscrimination laws and voting laws and is indifferent to the deaths of women denied basic health care."
Table of Contents
Introduction. The Snails of Justice
PART ONE. MEET HTE SUPREME COURT
1. It's a 3-3-3 World
2. The Life Cycle of the Elect
3. The Deciders: Roberts, Kavanaugh, Barrett
4. The Conservative Honey Badgers: Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch
5. The Lonely Liberals: Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson
6. Oral Fixation
PART TWO. THE X-AXIS: THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE SUPREME COURT
7. How the Peacock Got Its Tail
8. The Founding Fathers' Third Wheel
9. Are you House of Harlan or House of Taney
10. Penumbras and Emanations
11. The Second Most Successful Political Organizations
12. When Congress Goes AWOL
13. Confirmation Wars
14. The Nuclear Option
PART THREE. THE Y-AXIS: HOW THE SUPREME COURT ACTUALLY WORKS
15. Who Gets to Decide
16. The Incredible Shrinking Docket
17. Thumbs on Scales
18. The Fan Fiction of Supreme Court Jurisprudence
19. The Unbearable Lightness of Precedent
20. True Threats
21. Court Reform
Conclusion. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Court
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
APPENDIX. "DON'T GO TO LAW SCHOOL," AND OTHER ADVICE FOR WOULD-BE LAWYERS
GLOSSARY
NOTES
INDEX
APPENDIX. IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS
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