
The Steps to the Supreme Court
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Covers the key legal terms, principles, and processes you need to have a basic grasp of the American legal system
Tracks the criminal case involving the murder trial of Paul House and follows the defendant from the night of the murder through his conviction, appeals, and final chance for exoneration at the hands of the Supreme Court
Follows a civil case concerning the Ten Commandments being displayed on public property, following the parties from the time the plaintiffs filed their complaints through the Supreme Court decisions and back to the aftermath in the lower courts as they wrestle with a divided complex ruling
Written by the author of A People's History of the Supreme Court, and other classic works on the American justice system
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Part I "No Reasonable Juror": The Death-Row Ordeal of Paul House
1 The Murder of Carolyn Muncey 27
2 The Murder Trial of Paul House 43
3 Paul House's Appeals in the Tennessee State Courts 69
4 Paul House's Federal Habeas Corpus Petition and Hearing 75
5 Paul House Seeks Relief from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 103
6 Paul House's Appeal to the United States Supreme Court 111
7 The House Case Returns to the Federal and State Courts 127
Part II "An Establishment of Religion": The Ten Commandments and Crosses in the Courts
8 A Tale of Two Cities and Two Cases 141
9 The Hearings and the Opinions in the McCreary County and Van Orden Cases 167
10 The Supreme Court Appeals in the Ten Commandments Cases 175
11 The Impact of Justice Breyer's Concurrence on Pending Ten Commandments Cases 193
12 The Infl uence of Politics in Religion Cases: The Mt. Soledad Cross Case 213
13 Religious Politics, Judicial Snarls, and the Mojave Desert Cross Case 241
Conclusion 253
Appendix of Supreme Court Opinions 257
I. Opinions in House v. Bell 257
II. Opinions in McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky 280
III. Opinions in Van Orden v. Perry 305
Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading 325
Index 329
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