Sarah Isgur — Last Branch Standing: Inside the Supreme Court
Former DOJ official and legal analyst Sarah Isgur delivers a myth-busting insider account of the Supreme Court's inner workings and political pressures.
Why we picked this
With the Court more politically consequential than ever, Isgur — who has worked both inside DOJ and as a legal analyst — offers the kind of institutional knowledge that cuts through partisan narratives.
The Supreme Court has become the most politically consequential branch of American government, yet public understanding of how it actually works remains remarkably thin. Sarah Isgur, who served in the Department of Justice and now works as a legal analyst, offers a myth-busting account of the Court’s inner workings.
Isgur’s perspective is unusual: she has both institutional insider knowledge and the analytical distance of a commentator. The result is a book that challenges assumptions from both the left and the right about what the Court does, why it does it, and what “last branch standing” actually means for American democracy.
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