Lawless: How the Supreme Court Came to Run on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes by Leah Litman

4.22 AVERAGE

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smanske's review against another edition

5.0
A definite must read about the current Supreme Court situation. Strict Scrutiny is a fave podcast and I could listen to Leah drag the conservative justices all day 👊

tangkat11's review

4.0
Informative, infuriating… the pop culture references and analogies were fun but felt forced sometimes. I appreciate the many Taylor Swift citations. 

rebearka's review

5.0
funny informative medium-paced
This book is very interesting and informative. However, I had to keep pausing and coming back to it because hearing about all the things the Supreme Court has done and continues to do made me too crazy/enraged.

mich_des's review

5.0
challenging funny informative fast-paced
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rosemarysbby's review

DID NOT FINISH
why does every single sentence have five sets of parentheses?  genuinely impossible to read 
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amelie5m's review against another edition

3.25
dark funny informative medium-paced
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introverted_idiot's review against another edition

4.0
funny informative reflective fast-paced
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thatswhatrachelread's review

DID NOT FINISH: 31%
This is honestly just a bit too … sassy for me. I don’t know if I’m just not in the mood for that right now, or if I’m actually not liking it, but deciding to step away from it as I haven’t wanted to pick it up in a few days now. 
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rachelle_reads's review against another edition

4.25
informative
The U.S. Supreme Court runs on vibes, specifically those of the Republican/uber-wealthy persuasion. In this book, Leah Litman shows us how that is the case in 2025, bringing clarity to really confusing legal language and procedures, and showing the intersections between the law, politics, and a whole lot of money. Each chapter has references to a pop culture phenomenon (e.g. Game of Thrones) to help illustrate the main points, and this makes the book more enjoyable for the reader. I think everyone living in the year 2025 should read this. 

zmdh's review

5.0
dark informative sad medium-paced