Cathy Cambron – författare

A collection of US Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legal writings spanning her career, featuring her arguments, opinions, and dissents.

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent her life defying notions about women. She garnered the status of a cultural icon, the “Notorious RBG.” Her life story is inspirational, and her work ethic is aspirational. Ginsburg’s dissents on behalf of liberal values have been lauded. She has been the subject of films and books, and her image has even been featured on everything from T-shirts to scented candles. But what is known about how her viewpoint shaped the development of law in the United States from the 1970s to 2020?

The Way Women Are collects a broad range of Justice Ginsburg’s legal writings, shedding light on who she was and what she contributed to American jurisprudence. The book begins with her arguments before the Supreme Court as a women’s rights advocate in the 1970s. It proceeds to her opinions and dissents as a member of the Court. The opinions range from United States v. Virginia (1996) to Little Sisters of the Poor (2020)—a case she participated in from her hospital bed.

Also included are a brief biography of Ginsburg and introductions to the writings that explain the background, issues, and laws involved in each case. Additionally, the collection includes oral arguments and bench announcements of decisions to make the issues more accessible. Altogether, The Way Women Are sketches an enlightening portrait of an extremely influential American jurist.

A collection of US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall''s legal writings spanning his career, including his arguments, opinions, and dissents.The US Constitution promised much to Black citizens with its post–Civil War amendments designed to eliminate the stigma of slavery and create equality between all races, but unfortunately it delivered little justice. Thurgood Marshall spent his life working to make the Constitution live up to its promises. In the 1940s and ''50s, Marshall worked as an attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), facing threats and harassment as he argued cases before the Supreme Court. His efforts culminated in the Brown v. Board of Education case, where the Supreme Court''s ruling outlawed "separate but equal" public schools. After serving as a judge for the US Court of Appeals and as the first Black US solicitor general, Marshall became the nation''s first Black Supreme Court Justice in 1967.Marshall believed the Constitution was a living document and a work in progress, and his career and legacy demonstrate it is indeed just that. Only through struggle, suffering, sacrifice, amendment, argument, and interpretation can the Constitution be made better. Marshall committed decades of his life to this effort, focused on his vision of what America could be.Let the Law Catch Up collects Justice Marshall''s words from over the course of his career, from his advocacy with the NAACP to his arguments as solicitor general and his Supreme Court opinions and dissents. With introductions providing historical and legal context, this book paints a powerful portrait of a fearless man and his life''s work.

An inspiring history of the voting rights movement in America, from Frederick Douglass and Alice Paul to John Lewis, James Clyburn, and the Obamas.At the country''s founding, voting rights were only extended to white male property owners. Although those rights had expanded to men regardless "of their race, color, or previous condition of servitude" in 1870, it wasn''t until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that barriers African Americans faced were struck down. Meanwhile, the fight for women''s suffrage wasn''t won until 1920. Native Americans finally gained citizenship and the right to vote in 1924, and young men of eighteen who faced military draft could not vote until 1971.For 250 years, Americans have marched and fought, been beaten and jailed—and even died—to win and protect the right to vote. Progress has been hard-won and incremental. In Every Vote Is a Prayer, Cathy Cambron chronicles those battles and urges us to remember, as Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves―and the only way they could do that is by not voting at all."