The Supreme Court has recently issued decisions announcing that citizens have neither a constitutional right to vote, nor the right to an education. In Overruling Democracy, celebrated law professor Jamin B. Raskin, argues that we need to develop a whole new set of rights, through amendments or court decisions, that revitalize and protect the democracy of everyday life. Detailing specific cases through interesting narratives, Overruling Democracy describes the transgressions of the Supreme Court against the Constitution and the people - and the faulty reasoning behind them - and lays out the plan for the best way to back a more democratic system.

Overruling Democracy has been praised by Barbara Ehrenreich ("brilliantly argued and meticulously researched"), Jeffrey Rosen of the New Republic ("a passionate vision of the Supreme Court as the guardian of participatory democracy in America"), Erwin Chemerinsky ("A brilliant explanation of how the Supreme Court has subverted democratic principles"), and Harvard Professor Alex Keyssar in the Los Angeles Times contrasting the book with work on democracy by Judge Richard Posner.

In a galvanizing call to arms in the wake of the presidential election, an all-star line-up of leading progressive voices and cultural figures has joined together in a Melville House "instant book" urging opponents of the right not to give in to despair and to launch an immediate counterattack. The project is the result of a round-the-clock effort that saw Howard Dean, Donna Brazile, Greg Palast, Lewis Lapham, Nicholas Kristof, Jamin Raskin and others working through the Thanksgiving holiday to write a series of passionate manifestos outlining a variety of new ideas for life in a post-11/2 world.

The result is a powerful collection that also features economists environmentalists, media critics, feminists, anti-war activists, novelists, poets and satirists writing about what to do in their key areas of expertise.

Designed to help students achieve "constitutional literacy," We the Students: Supreme Court Cases for and about Students examines dozens of interesting and relevant Supreme Court cases pertaining to young people. Through meaningful and engagingly written commentary, excerpts ofrelevant cases, and exercises and class projects, this book provides students with the tools to gain an understanding and appreciation of democratic freedoms and challenges, underscoring students' responsibility in preserving constitutional principles.

We the Students has been praised by Marian Wright Edelman, Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy, and numerous educators and judges, including Abner Mikva and Kenneth Starr, who called it "riveting... Civics class will never be the same." Montgomery County State's Attorney Douglas Gansler calls it "the bible of the new movement for constitutional literacy."

Young people are fascinated by juvenile crime and justice topics because they are exposed to these subjects daily through the media, school security, and other everyday experiences. Tapping this interest, Youth Justice in America directly engages the broadest range of high school students in an exciting and informed discussion of the U.S. juvenile justice system.

Following in the footsteps of CQ Press’s acclaimed We the Students, Youth Justice in America fills a pressing need to make legal issues personally meaningful to young people. Written in a straightforward style that will appeal to all students, from high risk groups to AP classes, this is an essential acquisition for all libraries that serve students and teachers at the high school or undergraduate level, as well as public or subject-specific libraries whose patrons want information on political science, criminal justice, social work, and education. This resource is informed by the authors’ ongoing participation in the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project.