Описание: What will a conservative Supreme Court do with its power? From 2011, when Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives, until the present, Congress enacted hardly any major legislation outside of the tax law President Trump signed in 2017. In the same period, the Supreme Court dismantled much of America's campaign finance law, severely weakened the Voting Rights Act, permitted states to opt-out of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, weakened laws protecting against age discimination and sexual and racial harassment, and held that every state must permit same-sex couples to marry. This powerful unelected body, now controlled by six very conservative Republicans, has and will become the locus of policymaking in the United States. Ian Millhiser, Vox's Supreme Court correspondent, tells the story of what those six justices are likely to do with their power. It is true that the right to abortion is in its final days, as is affirmative action. But Millhiser shows that it is in the most arcane decisions that the Court will fundamentally reshape America, transforming it into something far less democratic, by attacking voting rights, dismantling and vetoing the federal administrative state, ignoring the separation of church and state, and putting corporations above the law. The Agenda exposes a radically altered Supreme Court whose powers extend far beyond transforming any individual right--its agenda is to shape the very nature of America's government, redefining who gets to have legal rights, who is beyond the reach of the law, and who chooses the people who make our laws. Ian Millhiser offers a perfect short read for a key moment in U.S. constitutional history. --The Guardian A cogent, timely warning about the fragility of American democracy. --Kirkus Reviews
Автор: Millhiser Marlys Название: The Mirror ISBN: 1504049330 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781504049337 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3723.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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In this twisting time-travel thriller, a woman faints on the eve of her wedding and awakens at the turn of the century in her grandmother's body
The night before her wedding, Shay Garrett has no idea that a glimpse into her grandmother's antique Chinese mirror will completely transform her seemingly ordinary life. But after a bizarre blackout, she wakes up to find herself in the same house--in the year 1900. Even stranger, she realizes she is now living in the body of her grandmother, Brandy McCabe, as a young woman. Meanwhile, Brandy, having looked into the same mirror, awakens in Shay's body in the present day to discover herself pregnant. Did Shay die and get reincarnated as young Brandy, who is about to get married herself? The answer is far more complex and bizarre than either woman can imagine.
Shay's mother, Rachael, weaves back and forth between the two time periods in this riveting story of three headstrong women grappling with identity, love, and family drama. From courageous, compassionate Shay, who suddenly finds herself fighting against the confines of a society decades away from women's liberation, to Brandy, struggling to adapt to a more modern world, Millhiser's strong characters are up to the task presented by this imaginative yet humorous adventure.
This extraordinary novel is both a fascination tale of time-travel suspense and a journey to the heart of the bond shared by three generations of women. It is a tribute to survival, and to the triumph of the female spirit in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
Описание: Now with a new epilogue. Few American institutions have inflicted greater suffering on ordinary people than the Supreme Court of the United States. Since its inception, the justices of the Supreme Court have shaped a nation where children toiled in coal mines, where Americans could be forced into camps because of their race, and where a woman could be sterilized against her will by state law. The Court was the midwife of Jim Crow, the right hand of union busters, and the dead hand of the Confederacy. Nor is the modern Court a vast improvement, with its incursions on voting rights and its willingness to place elections for sale. In this powerful indictment of a venerated institution, Ian Millhiser tells the history of the Supreme Court through the eyes of the everyday people who have suffered the most from it. America ratified three constitutional amendments to provide equal rights to freed slaves, but the justices spent thirty years largely dismantling these amendments. Then they spent the next forty years rewriting them into a shield for the wealthy and the powerful. In the Warren era and the few years following it, progressive justices restored the Constitution s promises of equality, free speech, and fair justice for the accused. But, Millhiser contends, that was an historic accident. Indeed, if it weren t for several unpredictable events, Brown v. Board of Education could have gone the other way. In "Injustices," Millhiser argues that the Supreme Court has seized power for itself that rightfully belongs to the people s elected representatives, and has bent the arc of American history away from justice. "
Автор: Denholm Marlys Miller Название: From a Soddy ISBN: 0991441788 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780991441785 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2585.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Beider Marlys Название: I Am Here ISBN: 1627876952 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781627876957 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4269.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Twenty-two-year-old Kuri Berger has made an impactful impression on film and television audiences and is one of the industry's most sought after actors of her generation. For years she's experienced strange hallucinations and heard voices that speak to her in languages she doesn't understand. While filming in Germany, she visits the memorial site of the former concentration camp Dachau where she has an eye-opening encounter with psychiatrist Adam Gold, a compassionate, intelligent man who's dealt with mysterious visions of his own. Though hesitant to disclose their past surreal episodes to the other, they both sense having found a kindred spirit.
As Kuri and Adam's love grows deeper with each passing day, they open arcane doors and face puzzling new occurrences. In order to overcome the enigma that pursues them, they must seek the source of their otherworldly connection -- a link that transcends the bounds of time.
Автор: Barry Lynda Название: The Greatest of Marlys ISBN: 1770462643 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781770462649 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 2110.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Eight-year-old Marlys Mullen is Lynda Barry`s most famous character from her long-running and landmark comic strip Er-nie Pook`s Comeek and, given her very own collection of strips, Marlys shines in all her freckled and pig-tailed groovy glory.
Автор: Johnson Marlys Название: Embracing Grace ISBN: 1632690152 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781632690159 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2068.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.