The Supremes in historical context

In the February, 2005 issue of American History Magazine, Presidential Distinguished Professor at the Emory University School of Law, David J. Garrow, traces historical trends on the Supreme Court over the past four decades. Professor Garrow teaches civil rights litigation and reproductive rights. His most recent book is Liberty and Sexuality: The Right to Privacy and the Making of Roe v. Wade (1994). His Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1986) received the Pulitzer Prize and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award.