Table of Contents
Introduction Michael Chabon Ayelet Waldman xiii
Foreword David Cole xvii
Viet Thanh Nguyen on Stromberg v. California (1931) 1
Jacqueline Woodson on Powell v. Alabama (1932) and Patterson v. Alabama (1935) 6
Michael Chabon on United States v. One Book Called "Ulysses" (1933) 11
Ann Patchett on Edwards v. California (1941) 24
Brit Bennett on West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) 29
Steven Okazaki on Korematsu v. United States (1944) 34
Daniel Handler on Hannegan v. Esquire (1946) 40
Geraldine Brooks on Terminiello v. City of Chicago (1949) 44
Yaa Gyasi on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) 49
Sergio De La Pava on Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) 57
Dave Eggers on Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) 66
Timothy Egan on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964) 71
Yiyun Li on Lamont v. Postmaster General (1965) 77
Meg Wolitzer on Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) 82
Hector Tobar on Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 86
Aleksandar Hemon on Loving v. Virginia (1967) 93
Elizabeth Strout On Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) 100
Adrian Nicole Leblanc on Gregory v. City of Chicago (1969) 105
Rabih Alameddine on Street v. New York (1969) 112
Moriel Rothman-Zecher on Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969) 118
Jonathan Lethem on Cohen v. California (1971) 128
Salman Rushdie on New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) 133
Lauren Groff on Roe v. Wade (1973) and Doe v. Bolton (1973) 138
Ayelet Waldman on O'Connor v. Donaldson (1975) 145
Jennifer Egan on Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld (1975) 152
Scott Turow on Buckley v. Valeo (1976) 158
Morgan Parker on Bob Jones University v. United States (1983) 166
Victor Lavalle on Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah (1993) 183
Michael Cunningham on Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston (1995) 189
Neil Gaiman on Reno v. ACLU (1997) and Ashcroft v. ACLU (2004) 196
Jesmyn Ward On City of Chicago v. Morales (1999) 205
Moses Sumney on Zadvydas v. Davis (2001) 213
George Saunders on Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St Cyr (2001) 224
Marlon James on Lawrence v. Texas (2003) 237
William Finnegan on Rasul v. Bush (2004) 243
Anthony Doerr on Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (2005) 252
Charlie Jane Anders on Schroer v. Billington (2008) 263
Brenda J. Child on Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl (2013) 268
Andrew Sean Greer on United States v. Windsor (2013) 280
Louise Erdrich on ACLU v. United States Department of Defense, et al. (2018) 286
Acknowledgments 293
The Contributors 295
Copyright Credits 303