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Anthony Lewis
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.
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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...