American Justice 2018

"Todd Ruger's American Justice 2018 reads like a political thriller, tracing in lively, smart writing a consequential year that included the first full term of a new Supreme Court justice and a creeping politicization that showed the Court susceptible to the same forces roiling the rest of Washington. Ruger's crisp style, deep knowledge of the Court, and gimlet eye for detail make this volume both essential and accessible."—Julie Mason, host of the Press Pool on Sirius XM's POTUS channel

"Todd Ruger comprehensively chronicles a momentous Supreme Court term that culminated in the dramatic retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. Ruger expertly illustrates how Kennedy-as the Court's pivotal vote over the last decade-cast a shadow over a year in which the Court weighed cases on hot-button issues ranging from gay rights to political gerrymandering. Ruger's detailed and engaging account fuses the human stories behind the Court's biggest disputes with clear-eyed analysis of how the rulings shaped the law and how the justices are responding to unique challenges prompted by the presidency of Donald Trump."—Lawrence Hurley, Reuters

"Todd Ruger has made sense of an important and complex term of the Supreme Court. In clear and accessible language, he ably tells the story of the Court's most important rulings while also analyzing its shifting dynamics, including the ascent of Justice Gorsuch and the departure of Justice Kennedy."—Tony Mauro, Supreme Court correspondent for the National Law Journal