Review of 'Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I received this book from the publisher through Netgalley for an honest review.
It took me 11 months to read this book. Why? This book is full of essays regarding Supreme Court cases fought by the ACLU that, for the most part, defend freedoms under the U.S. Constitution. It's heavy reading. It's thick reading.
Some essays are so well written, the pages turned themselves. Others did not flow as well or reveal as well and made the book harder to get through. In the year 2020, January was quite a bit different than nearly-December. Quite a bit different. This book was published in February of this year, just before the decade that is 2020 started. This entire time, every essay feels so pertinent. I thought maybe after the results of the 2020 US Presidential Election, the essays would feel less important. They still feel just as relevant.
The essay on …
I received this book from the publisher through Netgalley for an honest review.
It took me 11 months to read this book. Why? This book is full of essays regarding Supreme Court cases fought by the ACLU that, for the most part, defend freedoms under the U.S. Constitution. It's heavy reading. It's thick reading.
Some essays are so well written, the pages turned themselves. Others did not flow as well or reveal as well and made the book harder to get through. In the year 2020, January was quite a bit different than nearly-December. Quite a bit different. This book was published in February of this year, just before the decade that is 2020 started. This entire time, every essay feels so pertinent. I thought maybe after the results of the 2020 US Presidential Election, the essays would feel less important. They still feel just as relevant.
The essay on Brandenburg V Ohio (1969) inspired me to recommend this book to a few different groups I'm in.
So even though it took me 11 months to read my ARC, I recommend it for others to read as well.