{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Judicial Junkie","home_page_url":"https://judicialjunkie.com","description":"Judicial Junkie","author":{"name":"Judicial Junkie"},"items":[{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/book-review-constitutional-af","html_content":"

Why Melissa Murray’s Brilliant New Guide is the Ultimate News-Cycle Survival Manual

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/book-review-constitutional-af","title":"Book Review: Constitutional AF","summary":"Why Melissa Murray’s Brilliant New Guide is the Ultimate News-Cycle Survival Manual","date_modified":"2026-06-23T12:12:48Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/the-case-that-changed-the-definition-of-winning","html_content":"

Damario Solomon-Simmons’s “Redeem a Nation” explores what justice looks like when the courts say no

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/the-case-that-changed-the-definition-of-winning","title":"The Case That Changed the Definition of Winning","summary":"Damario Solomon-Simmons’s “Redeem a Nation” explores what justice looks like when the courts say no","date_modified":"2026-06-16T19:32:04Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/the-master-of-legal-thrillers-flunks-the-whodunit","html_content":"

John Grisham’s The Widow tries to rewrite the rules of the mystery genre. It doesn’t work.

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/the-master-of-legal-thrillers-flunks-the-whodunit","title":"The Master of Legal Thrillers Flunks the Whodunit","summary":"John Grisham’s The Widow tries to rewrite the rules of the mystery genre. It doesn’t work.","date_modified":"2026-06-09T09:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/law-order-creative-writing-unit","html_content":"

Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve’s “Crime Fictions” exposes how police fabrications become legal truth

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/law-order-creative-writing-unit","title":"Law & Order: Creative Writing Unit","summary":"Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve’s “Crime Fictions” exposes how police fabrications become legal truth","date_modified":"2026-06-02T09:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/7-best-legal-thrillers-for-a-long-hot-summer","html_content":"

Margaritas & Malpractice, Anyone?

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/7-best-legal-thrillers-for-a-long-hot-summer","title":"7 Best Legal Thrillers for a Long Hot Summer","summary":"Margaritas & Malpractice, Anyone?","date_modified":"2026-05-26T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/michael-connellys-latest-probable-cause-noir","html_content":"

\"Ironwood\" Turns Procedure Into Suspense

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/michael-connellys-latest-probable-cause-noir","title":"Michael Connelly's Latest: Probable Cause Noir","summary":"\"Ironwood\" Turns Procedure Into Suspense","date_modified":"2026-05-19T14:11:28Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/the-hardest-question-in-the-murdaugh-murders","html_content":"

Modern True Crime No Longer Trusts Neat Explanations

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/the-hardest-question-in-the-murdaugh-murders","title":"The Hardest Question in the Murdaugh Murders","summary":"Modern True Crime No Longer Trusts Neat Explanations","date_modified":"2026-05-12T11:29:14Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/when-the-law-is-the-punchline","html_content":"

A hilarious and unsettling novel about — yes — reproductive rights

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/when-the-law-is-the-punchline","title":"When the Law is the Punchline ","summary":"A hilarious and unsettling novel about — yes — reproductive rights","date_modified":"2026-05-05T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/everybody%E2%80%99s-working-the-scene","html_content":"

Jordan Harper’s “A Violent Masterpiece” updates L.A. Noir for the streaming era. The results are brutal, precise, and hard to put down.

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/everybody%E2%80%99s-working-the-scene","title":"Crime Scene as Content","summary":"Jordan Harper’s “A Violent Masterpiece” updates L.A. Noir for the streaming era. The results are brutal, precise, and hard to put down.","date_modified":"2026-04-28T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/the-chagos-archipelago-was-on-the-verge-of-sovereignty","html_content":"

...Then Trump Showed Up.

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/the-chagos-archipelago-was-on-the-verge-of-sovereignty","title":"The Chagos Archipelago Was on the Verge of Sovereignty... ","summary":"...Then Trump Showed Up.","date_modified":"2026-04-21T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/the-law-and-its-discontents","html_content":"

A scathing work of scholarship and a darkly funny thriller about a mob lawyer seeking inner peace: two new books on what the law does to the people inside it

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/the-law-and-its-discontents","title":"The Law and Its Discontents","summary":"A scathing work of scholarship and a darkly funny thriller about a mob lawyer seeking inner peace: two new books on what the law does to the people inside it","date_modified":"2026-04-14T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/narrative-as-evidence","html_content":"

How Patmeena Sabit’s “Good People” turns community into factfinder

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/narrative-as-evidence","title":"Narrative as Evidence","summary":"How Patmeena Sabit’s “Good People” turns community into factfinder","date_modified":"2026-04-07T12:05:44Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/how-a-typo-started-a-war","html_content":"

The fringe isn’t fringe anymore. To understand how we got here, start with a clerical error in Boise, Idaho. A review of “End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America”

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/how-a-typo-started-a-war","title":"How a Typo Started a War","summary":"The fringe isn’t fringe anymore. To understand how we got here, start with a clerical error in Boise, Idaho. A review of “End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America”","date_modified":"2026-03-31T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/a-lawyer-i%E2%80%99d-hire-in-a-heartbeat-and-probably-shouldn%E2%80%99t-review","html_content":"

Review: “Two Kinds of Stranger” by Steve Cavanagh

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/a-lawyer-i%E2%80%99d-hire-in-a-heartbeat-and-probably-shouldn%E2%80%99t-review","title":"A Lawyer I’d Hire in a Heartbeat (and Probably Shouldn’t) Review:","summary":"Review: “Two Kinds of Stranger” by Steve Cavanagh","date_modified":"2026-03-24T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/do-not-expect-justice-in-a-windowless-courtroom","html_content":"

The “Dream Hotel” and “Mothers and Sons” Capture What Happens When Due Process Fails

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/do-not-expect-justice-in-a-windowless-courtroom","title":"Do Not Expect Justice in a Windowless Courtroom","summary":"The “Dream Hotel” and “Mothers and Sons” Capture What Happens When Due Process Fails","date_modified":"2026-03-17T12:36:50Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/sworn-in-tuned-out-black-testimony-in-america","html_content":"

Review: “Black Evidence “ by Candis Watts Smith

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/sworn-in-tuned-out-black-testimony-in-america","title":"Sworn In, Tuned Out: Black Testimony in America","summary":"Review: “Black Evidence “ by Candis Watts Smith","date_modified":"2026-03-10T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/bombay-had-one-woman-lawyer-in-1922-shes-having-quite-a-week","html_content":"

Review: Sujata Massey’s “The Star of Calcutta” and its real-life origins

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/bombay-had-one-woman-lawyer-in-1922-shes-having-quite-a-week","title":"Bombay had one Woman Lawyer in 1922. She's Having Quite A Week. ","summary":"Review: Sujata Massey’s “The Star of Calcutta” and its real-life origins","date_modified":"2026-03-03T14:46:34Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/ben-crump%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cworse-than-a-lie%E2%80%9D-when-the-truth-isnt-enough","html_content":"

A Veteran Civil Rights Attorney Takes on the Uneasy Machinery of Justice and Turns it into a Razor-Sharp Debut Novel

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/ben-crump%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cworse-than-a-lie%E2%80%9D-when-the-truth-isnt-enough","title":"Review: Ben Crump's Debut Legal Thriller \"Worse Than a Lie\"","summary":"A Veteran Civil Rights Attorney Takes on the Uneasy Machinery of Justice and Turns it into a Razor-Sharp Debut Novel","date_modified":"2026-02-24T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/send-lawyers-guns-and-money","html_content":"

Scott Eden's \"A Killing in Cannabis\" Charts the Wild West of California's Weed Trade

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/send-lawyers-guns-and-money","title":"Send Lawyers, Guns and Money ","summary":"Scott Eden's \"A Killing in Cannabis\" Charts the Wild West of California's Weed Trade","date_modified":"2026-02-17T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/the-mixed-marriage-project-a-memoir-of-love-race-and-family","html_content":"

Dorothy Roberts Chronicles Racial Boundaries Through the Couples Who Crossed Them (Including Her Parents)

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/the-mixed-marriage-project-a-memoir-of-love-race-and-family","title":"\"The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family\"","summary":"Dorothy Roberts Chronicles Racial Boundaries Through the Couples Who Crossed Them (Including Her Parents)","date_modified":"2026-02-10T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/%E2%80%9Cin-her-defense%E2%80%9D-when-family-collapse-meets-the-courtroom","html_content":"

A debut legal thriller explores what happens when libel law tries to adjudicate family breakdown

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/%E2%80%9Cin-her-defense%E2%80%9D-when-family-collapse-meets-the-courtroom","title":"“In Her Defense” When Family Collapse Meets the Courtroom","summary":"A debut legal thriller explores what happens when libel law tries to adjudicate family breakdown","date_modified":"2026-02-03T13:34:35Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/fear-and-fury-review-when-vigilantes-become-folk-heroes","html_content":"

Historian Heather Ann Thompson on Bernie Goetz, the four young Black men he shot, and a media-rage playbook America never abandoned

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/fear-and-fury-review-when-vigilantes-become-folk-heroes","title":"\"Fear and Fury\" Review: When Vigilantes Become Heroes","summary":"Historian Heather Ann Thompson on Bernie Goetz, the four young Black men he shot, and a media-rage playbook America never abandoned","date_modified":"2026-01-27T14:26:12Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/george-saunders-puts-big-oil-on-trial-in-brilliant-vigil","html_content":"

Vigil\n George Saunders\n Random House, 192 pages (Pub. Date 1/27)

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/george-saunders-puts-big-oil-on-trial-in-brilliant-vigil","title":" George Saunders Puts Big Oil on Trial in Brilliant \"Vigil\"","summary":"Vigil\n George Saunders\n Random House, 192 pages (Pub. Date 1/27)","date_modified":"2026-01-20T13:21:10Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/how-pelvic-mesh-scams-and-predatory-loans-targeted-women","html_content":"

A review of The Pain Brokers by Elizabeth Chamblee Burch

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/how-pelvic-mesh-scams-and-predatory-loans-targeted-women","title":"How Pelvic Mesh Scams and Predatory Loans Targeted Women","summary":"A review of The Pain Brokers by Elizabeth Chamblee Burch","date_modified":"2026-01-12T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/how-john-le-carr%C3%A9s-tradecraft-really-works","html_content":"

A fantastic exhibition and book on drafts, details, and the craft behind John le Carré’s spy fiction writing

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/how-john-le-carr%C3%A9s-tradecraft-really-works","title":"How John le Carré's Tradecraft Really Works ","summary":"A fantastic exhibition and book on drafts, details, and the craft behind John le Carré’s spy fiction writing","date_modified":"2026-01-06T12:56:53Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/best-legal-thrillers-of-2025-from-ai-ethics-to-courtroom-dramas","html_content":"

From AI ethicists to death row appeals, these books made algorithmic morality, constitutional crises, and courtroom innovation the defining legal themes of 2025

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/best-legal-thrillers-of-2025-from-ai-ethics-to-courtroom-dramas","title":"Best Legal Thrillers of 2025: From AI Ethics to Courtroom Dramas","summary":"From AI ethicists to death row appeals, these books made algorithmic morality, constitutional crises, and courtroom innovation the defining legal themes of 2025","date_modified":"2026-01-01T13:11:13Z"},{"id":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/how-people-reveal-themselves-on-the-basketball-court","html_content":"

A Review of The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits

","url":"https://judicialjunkie.com/book-reviews/f/how-people-reveal-themselves-on-the-basketball-court","title":"How People Reveal Themselves on the Basketball Court","summary":"A Review of The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits","date_modified":"2025-12-30T11:48:10Z"}]}