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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates
Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015)
United,
by Cory Booker (2016)
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019)
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010)
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017)
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018)
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017)
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017)
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017)
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010)
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998)
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019)
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden)
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018)
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016)
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017)
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018)
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017)
Books by and about the 2016 presidential election
What Happened ,
by Hillary Clinton (2017)
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018)
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016)
Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014)
Becoming ,
by Michelle Obama (2018)
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015)

Book Reviews

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No Contest:
Corporate Lawyers and the Perversion of Justice in America,

by Ralph Nader & Wesley J. Smith



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Click here for 18 full quotes from Ralph Nader in the book No Contest, by Ralph Nader.
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Budget & Economy
    1990s S&L crisis cost taxpayers billions.
Corporations
    Corporate state gives away public assets to private monopoly.
    More public disclosure of corporate lawsuit outcomes.
    Legal delaying tactics cause crisis in confidence in law.
    Billing quotas pressure corporate lawyers to pad bills.
    Ethical rules should REQUIRE reporting corporate misconduct.
Environment
    Ridiculous to sell public land for corporate gold mining.
Government Reform
    Secret lawsuit settlements deprive public of power to decide.
    Tighten ethics rules on lawyers, to judge cases on merits.
    Ken Starr had conflict on partiality, and corporate ties.
    Supplement Legal Services Corporation with free lawyer work.
Health Care
    Big Pharma blocks selling generic drugs to Third World.
    Council for Tobacco Research is for propaganda, not research.
    Tobacco industry hid truth via attorney-client privilege.
    Stop shifting liability from HMOs to doctors.
    Stop firing doctors for pointing out bad conditions at HMOs.
Welfare & Poverty
    Housing legislation converted pro bono to profit.
    Lawyers have duty to do pro bono work for the poor.


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Corporate Lawyers and the Perversion of Justice in America,

by Ralph Nader & Wesley J. Smith
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