The Reading Room

Anthony Lewis

1927-2013

The reporter who made the Supreme Court legible to ordinary readers and won two Pulitzer Prizes doing it. Gideon's Trumpet follows a single handwritten petition from a Florida prison cell to the ruling that guaranteed counsel to anyone facing felony charges. Make No Law tells the story of the case that built modern free-press protection. He showed how a great right reaches one actual person.

In the library

  • Gideon's Trumpet

    How a great right reaches one actual person. Lewis follows a single handwritten petition from a Florida prison cell, written by a man with no lawyer,...

  • Make No Law

    The case that built modern free-press protection, told by the reporter who understood it best. New York Times v. Sullivan held that public figures cannot win...