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    Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 799min
    Longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for NonfictionOne of America’s great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court’s infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell ruling made government sterilization of “undesirable” citizens the law of the land.  In 1927, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling so disturbing, ignorant, and cruel that it stands as one of the great injustices in American history. In Imbeciles, best-selling author Adam Cohen exposes the court’s decision to allow the sterilization of a young woman it wrongly thought to be “feebleminded” and to champion the mass eugenic sterilization of undesirable citizens for the greater good of the country. The 8–1 ruling was signed by some of the most revered figures in American law — including Chief Justice William Howard Taft, a former U.S. president; and Louis Brandeis, a progressive icon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, considered by many the greatest Supreme Court justice in history, wrote the majority opinion, including the court’s famous declaration “Three generations of imbeciles are enough.”Imbeciles is the shocking story of Buck v. Bell, a legal case that challenges our faith in American justice. A gripping courtroom drama, it pits a helpless young woman against powerful scientists, lawyers, and judges who believed that eugenic measures were necessary to save the nation from being “swamped with incompetence.”  At the center was Carrie Buck, who was born into a poor family in Charlottesville, Virginia, and taken in by a foster family, until she became pregnant out of wedlock. She was then declared “feebleminded” and shipped off to the Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded.Buck v. Bell unfolded against the backdrop of a nation in the thrall of eugenics, which many Americans thought would uplift the human race. Congress embraced this fervor, enacting the first laws designed to prevent immigration by Italians, Jews, and other groups charged with being genetically inferior. Cohen show ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Woren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002762/bk_peng_002762_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    CatoAudio, September 2017, Hörbuch, Digital, 72min
    Introduction Walter Olson and Trevor Burrus on the Supreme Court’s 2016-2017 term. Lynne Kiesling on environmental economics. Patrick Eddington interviews Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on surveillance reform. Ilan Wurman on his book A Debt Against the Living: An Introduction to Originalism. Brian Knight on the future of financial technology. Max Eden on why school choice is good for democracy. Language: English. Narrator: Caleb Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/sp/cato/170910/sp_cato_170910_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    All Is Fair: The Split Worlds Series, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 773min
    Sam, a stranger to the world of the Fae, finds an unexpected offer from one of the Elemental Court’s most enigmatic Lords turns out to be far more than he bargained for. Meanwhile, Max, an Arbiter of the Split Worlds Treaty, is getting closer to uncovering who is behind the murder of the Bath Chapter. Can he stay true to his sworn duty without being destroyed by his own master, whose insanity threatens to unravel them all? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emma Newman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/005466/bk_brll_005466_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 925min
    With the Supreme Court more influential than ever, this eye-opening book tells the story of how the Roberts Court is shaking the foundation of our nation’s laws. From Citizens United to its momentous rulings regarding Obamacare and gay marriage, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has profoundly affected American life. Yet the court remains a mysterious institution, and the motivations of the nine men and women who serve for life are often obscure. Now, in Uncertain Justice, Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz show the surprising extent to which the Roberts Court is revising the meaning of our Constitution. This essential book arrives at a make-or-break moment for the nation and the court. Political gridlock, cultural change, and technological progress mean that the court’s decisions on key topics - including free speech, privacy, voting rights, and presidential power - could be uniquely durable. Acutely aware of their opportunity, the justices are rewriting critical aspects of constitutional law and redrawing the ground rules of American government. Tribe - one of the country’s leading constitutional lawyers - and Matz dig deeply into the court’s recent rulings, stepping beyond tired debates over judicial "activism" to draw out hidden meanings and silent battles. The undercurrents they reveal suggest a strikingly different vision for the future of our country, one that is sure to be hotly debated. Filled with original insights and compelling human stories, Uncertain Justice illuminates the most colorful story of all - how the Supreme Court and the Constitution frame the way we live. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Holter Graham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001796/bk_aren_001796_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bound to Die , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 590min
    When a prominent Seattle businessman is found hanging naked in a dominatrix’s studio, lead detective Court Pearson is pressured to find a fast, quiet solution to the man’s death. Court’s investigation uncovers secrets within his own department and raises the ghosts that linger from the suicide of his wife - all details he fights to keep quiet as a leaker goes public.  To make matters worse, his new partner resents his fast rise through the ranks as Seattle’s only trans male homicide detective, and his lead suspect begins to look like a target for murder.   ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aaron Michael. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/117579/bk_acx0_117579_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Richard M. Nixon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 37min
    President Richard M. Nixon, the first president to resign from office in disgrace, sought to exert so much power in office that he eventually became tangled up in the Watergate scandal and its cover-up. These incidents ulti­mately led to the appointment of a special prosecutor and a burgeoning criminal investigation of his own conduct. Nixon’s secret White House taping system provided the smoking gun that would lead to the unravel­ing of his administration. The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in U.S. v. Nixon made clear that no person, not even the president, was above the law. With the drumbeat for impeachment growing louder, Nixon resigned. Flying away in a helicopter, he left the White House before Con­gress had the opportunity to impeach him. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Runnette. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027543/bk_adbl_027543_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mortal Gods : Mantles of Power, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 798min
    Torn from her friends, Kitania is captured by a goddess. She can only hope that her friends have survived.Torn from the sides of her friends by angelic magic, Kitania finds herself in the mortal world once more, among those who suspect she’s a demon assassin or spy. Though most of those suspicions quickly subside, she finds herself drawn into the elven court’s intrigue and is powerless to act against those who sent her there.Meanwhile, Isalla and Rose are waiting for word of their lost friend, even as they begin gathering more hints of what those who betrayed them are scheming. Yet, as the two groups come closer to reuniting, the plots of their enemies are progressing, and despite their experiences they’ve underestimated the lengths to which the conspiracy will go for victory. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sarah Beth Goer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/156827/bk_acx0_156827_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Secret Lives of the Supreme Court: What Your Teachers Never Told you About America's Legendary Justices , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 480min
    You’ll discover that: Hugo Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Benjamin Cardozo likely died a virgin. John Rutledge attempted suicide by jumping off a bridge. John Marshall Harlan organized regular screenings of X-rated films. Thurgood Marshall never missed an episode of Days of Our Lives. Sandra Day O’Connor established the court’s first Jazzercise class. And much, much more! With chapters on everyone from John Jay to Samuel Alito, Secret Lives of the Supreme Court tackles all the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these judges took bribes? How many were gay? And how could so many sink into dementia while serving on the highest court in the land? American history was never this much fun in school! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregory St. John. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015280/bk_adbl_015280_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Battle for Bonhoeffer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 370min
    The figure of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) has become a clay puppet in modern American politics. Secular, radical, liberal, and evangelical interpreters variously shape and mold the martyr’s legacy to suit their own pet agendas.Stephen Haynes offers an incisive and clarifying perspective. A recognized Bonhoeffer expert, Haynes examines “populist” readings of Bonhoeffer, including the acclaimed biography by Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. In his analysis Haynes treats, among other things, the November 2016 election of Donald Trump and the “Bonhoeffer moment” announced by evangelicals in response to the US Supreme Court’s 2015 decision to legalize same-sex marriage.The Battle for Bonhoeffer includes an open letter from Haynes pointedly addressing Christians who still support Trump. Bonhoeffer’s legacy matters. Haynes redeems the life and the man. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Trevor Thompson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/128640/bk_acx0_128640_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    In the Balance: Law and Politics in the Roberts Court , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 635min
    An examination of the initial years of the Roberts Court and the intellectual battle between Roberts and Kagan for leadership. When John Roberts was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court, he said he would act as an umpire. Instead, his Court is reshaping legal precedent through decisions unmistakably - though not always predictably - determined by politics as much as by law, on a Court almost perfectly politically divided. Harvard Law School professor and constitutional law expert Mark Tushnet clarifies the lines of conflict and what is at stake on the Supreme Court as it hangs “in the balance” between its conservatives and its liberals. In the Balance is a must-listen for anyone looking for fresh insight into the Court’s impact on the everyday lives of Americans. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Zelis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014997/bk_adbl_014997_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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