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Jan. 1, 2008

Saving the Republic

In See You in Court, labor lawyer Thomas Geoghegan describes filing tort claims in place of grievances—and in that exchange finds the metaphor for a book-length essay.

By Thomas Brom
     
Early in his new book, See You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation (The New Press, 2007), attorney Thomas Geoghegan recalls his frustration while litigating a Title VII case. His clients?a group of black forensic scientists who were being paid much less than their white counterparts?had sued, alleging racial discrimination.
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