{"product_id":"bad-law-ten-popular-laws-that-are-ruining-america-hardcover","title":"Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElie Mystal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author brings his trademark legal acumen and passionate snark to offer a brilliant takedown of ten shocking pieces of legislation that continue to perpetuate hate, racial bias, injustice, and inequality today--an urgent yet hopeful read for our current political climate \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mystal is a grassroots legal superhero, and his superpower is the ability to explain to the masses in clear language the all-too-human forces at play behind the making of our laws.\" --Michael Eric Dyson, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eTears We Cannot Stop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBad Law\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAllow Me To Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution \u003c\/em\u003ereimagines what our legal system, and society at large, could look like if we could move past legislation plagued by racism, misogyny, and corruption. Through accessible yet detailed prose and trenchant wit, Mystal argues that these egregiously awful laws--his \"Bill of Wrongs\"-- continue to cause systematic and individual harm and should be repealed completely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy exposing the flawed foundations of the rules we live by, and through biting humor and insight, \u003cem\u003eBad Law\u003c\/em\u003e offers a crisp, pertinent take on: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eAbortion and the Hyde Amendment, and the role federal funding, or lack thereof, has played in depriving women of necessary health and reproductive care\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eImmigration and Illegal Reentry, and the illusions that have been sold to us regarding immigration policy, reform, and whiteness at large\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eVoter registration laws, and how the right to vote has become a moral issue, and ironically, anti-democratic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eGun control and the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and the extreme yet obvious dangers of granting immunity to gun manufacturers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, as the man Samantha Bee calls \"irrepressible and righteously indignant\" and Matt Levine of \u003cem\u003eBloomberg Opinion\u003c\/em\u003e calls \"the funniest lawyer in America,\" points out, these laws do not come to us from on high; we write them, and we can and should unwrite them. In a fierce, funny, and wholly original takedown spanning all the hot-button topics in the country today, one of our most brilliant legal thinkers points the way to a saner tomorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElie Mystal\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAllow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e (The New Press) as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e's legal analyst and justice correspondent, and the legal editor of the \u003cem\u003eMore Perfect\u003c\/em\u003e podcast on the Supreme Court for Radiolab. He is an Alfred Knobler Fellow at Type Media Center, and a frequent guest on MSNBC and Sirius XM. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.5 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52689284530509,"sku":"9781620978580","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/hpbiOjtzkV9781620978580.webp?v=1761963646","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/bad-law-ten-popular-laws-that-are-ruining-america-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}