{"product_id":"the-ashwander-rules-neal-rechtman-9781642372786","title":"The Ashwander Rules: A Novel of the Supreme Court","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout The Ashwander Rules\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This project began over a decade ago as a napkin rumination: what would Louis Brandeis think of today's US Supreme Court?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e If he was alive, Brandeis' sense of propriety would constrain him from any direct comment, so I imagined how me might address the question as a novelist (in a private letter he once expressed an interest in trying his hand at fiction).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The result is The Ashwander Rules, a parable of the modern Supreme Court, in which a secret Israeli Mossad operation in Washington D.C. works to save a fictional chief justice from assassination at the hands of domestic terrorists.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the spirit of Brandeis' Supreme Court opinion writing, The Ashwander Rules is an effort to educate the public -- and remind the Court -- about the importance of judicial restraint, especially as it relates to questions of constitutional law.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The narrative also introduces a non-fiction alternative to two-party politics called the American Majority Party, www.american-majority.org, which is an internet adaptation of a good government initiative organized by Brandeis in 1903.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neal Rechtman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1642372781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642372786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gatekeeper Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d","brand":"Neal Rechtman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068067148031,"sku":"9781642372786","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1d20f91-5075-4d7d-805d-651151f8df6e.jpg?v=1685416851","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ashwander-rules-neal-rechtman-9781642372786","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}