The Two Must Read Books for Understanding the Supreme Court

Professor Amanda Hollis-Breske is a Professor of Politics at Pomona College and Chair of the Politics Department./nProfessor Hollis-Breske has won the WIG Distinguished Teaching Award and is an editor at the Monkey Cage blog at the Washington Post./nAmanda recommends two must-read books for understanding the Supreme Court and the legal culture surrounding it: 'Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counter-Revolution' and 'Separate But Faithful: The Christian Right's Radical Struggle to Transform Law and Legal Culture'./n'Ideas with Consequences' won the American Political Science Association's See Herman Pritchard Award for the Best Book on Law and Courts./nAmanda co-authored 'Separate But Faithful' with Professor Joshua Wilson, and the book received recognition and funding from the National Science Foundation./nUnderstanding Leonard Leo's to-do list is crucial for understanding the Supreme Court.