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Peter Irons

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Peter Irons


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August 11, 1940

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The author of several books on the U.S. Supreme Court and constitutional litigation, Peter H. Irons is an American political activist, civil rights attorney, legal scholar, and Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego.

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The Courage of Their Convic...

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God on Trial: Dispatches fr...

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May It Please the Court

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May It Please the Court: Th...

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May It Please the Court

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Justice at War: The Story o...

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The First Amendment: Transc...

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“Even today, other young people—not all of them Witnesses—face pressures to salute the flag under pain of suspension.”
Peter Irons, A People's History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution

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