Reviews - Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes

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Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes

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 against another edition

5.0

dark informative sad medium-paced

alyssareadsindc's review

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

Could not deal with the super casual and slangy talk, referring to people as “Kens” and “the vibes are off” pls be serious 😭

vfkelly's review against another edition

5.0

informative medium-paced

ashc123's review

4.5

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

grinchem's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny informative medium-paced

A solid read, informative and funny

airjorgen's review

3.75

funny informative

hiraeth18's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 34%

Overall the topic is just too depressing for me right now.
Litman does a great job writing about the court in a super accessible way.
In a different political time I would enjoy this book--but with the US in such a depressing state the failures of the Supreme Court are too painful to read about.

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