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Examines the landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court that have shaped the course of American history, from 1789 to the present, drawing on courtroom evidence, newspaper commentary, memos, and other documents to offer a behind-the-scenes look at how the court works.

"Forcing the Spring begins on Election Night 2008, when a controversial California ballot initiative called Proposition 8--which removed the right of gay men and women to marry--passed alongside Barack Obama's stunning victory. Forcing the Spring details how a small but determined group of political and media insiders took the fight for marriage equality all the way to the Supreme Court. Gay activists and Hollywood liberals joined together to enlist attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies--the opposing counsels on the Supreme Court's infamous Bush v. Gore ruling--to bring a controversial legal case against Proposition 8 before the highest court in the land. Forcing the Spring is the extraordinary ringside account of this unprecedented effort to shift public opinion and reengineer the political certainties of an era"--.

Examines the historical and legal significance of each Constitutional amendment and human stories that have shaped these basic rights.

Chronicles the events surrounding the Supreme Court cases related to Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibited discrimination in public accommodations, discussing how the Supreme Court's decisions impacted the civil rights movement.

For the lay reader paraphrases of Supreme Court opinions are presented and statutes are edited.