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The Constitution in Exile: How the Federal Government Has Seized Power by Rewriting the Supreme Law of the Land
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The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions
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The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror
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Years of Upheaval
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The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century
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David Halberstam

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