“The value of this book is in Tushnet's excellent commentary—worth a book of its own. Thus, it should be considered by larger public libraries.”
"Harvard law professor Tushnet is a rigorous scholar, able to explain creative and often provocative constitutional theory in accessible language...In looking at dissents dealing with civil rights, school desegregation and the reach of government into consensual private conduct, Tushnet examines this process and the pitfalls that face justices trying to predict the future. Tushnet offers no small thing: a different way to think about the role of the Supreme Court in American life. "
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"Several readers call for more reporting about the atmospherics at court during oral argument. Harvard Law School's Mark Tushnet, whose book,
I Dissent . . . includes among his great suggestions 'giving readers a take on the tone of argument without over predicting outcomes from that tone.'"
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