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Fortas felt confident that the jurisdictional grounds would persuade a single Supreme Court Justice—particularly the Justice with administrative responsibility for the Fifth Circuit, Hugo Black—to do what a single Circuit Court judge would not: grant their plea for a stay of the injunction and thereby allow Johnson’s name to go on the ballot. Getti
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II

Condition 1: Courts may effectively produce significant social reform when other actors offer positive incentives to induce compliance.
Gerald N. Rosenberg • The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change? Second Edition (American Politics and Political Economy Series)

Larry Lessig serre les dents : le climat déréglé, la finance folle, les technologies de surveillance déjà hors de contrôle, les inégalités, la malbouffe, contre lesquels tout le monde est d’accord mais personne n’agit... S’il a marqué quelques victoires, les Creative Commons, ses livres, ses centres de recherches universitaires, ses notes pour Obam
... See moreFlore Vasseur • Ce qu'il reste de nos rêves (LITTERATURE (NO) (French Edition)
A politician or public official could accept a legal fee or an insurance premium from Triborough with assurance that no reporter or reformer would ever be able to discover that he had done so.
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker
My title predates the environmental movement now known as “green.” For me, in 1970, “green” referred to human beings, not just to nature. We humans retain the power of change and growth, and we must use this power to the utmost in order to free ourselves.
Charles Reich • The Greening of America
among the youth
Charles Reich • The Greening of America
functions. As inequality has widened, the means America once used to temper it—progressive income taxes, good public schools, trade unions that bargain for higher wages—have eroded. As the risks of sudden loss