Conversations with Abner Mikva : final reflections on Chicago politics, democracy's future, and a life of public service /

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"Abner Mikva was an Illinois lawmaker, US judge, and mentor to both Barack Obama and Elena Kagan. He is fondly remembered in Chicago politics for being told, after saying that nobody sent him, "We don't want nobody nobody sent." One of the country's leading liberal politicia...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Horwitt, Sanford D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
Subjects:
Mikva, Abner J.
Obama, Barack > Friends and associates.
Obama, Barack
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
Illinois. > General Assembly. > House of Representatives > Biography.
Illinois. > General Assembly. > House of Representatives
United States. > Congress. > House
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Judges > United States > Biography.
Legislators > Illinois > Biography.
Jewish politicians > United States > Biography.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Juges > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Friendship
Jewish politicians
Judges
Legislators
Politics and government
Chicago (Ill.) > Politics and government > Anecdotes.
United States > Politics and government > Anecdotes.
Chicago (Ill.) > Administration > Anecdotes.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > Anecdotes.
Illinois
Illinois > Chicago
United States
Anecdotes
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From rags to respect
  • "We don't want nobody nobody sent"
  • A rookie lawyer and Obamacare
  • The "dumb kid" learns some hard lessons
  • Watergate, Congress, and a liberal's laments
  • When the nazis came marching in
  • Scalia's big lie and beating the NRA
  • Politicians in black robes and Judge Mikva's proudest decision
  • The Clinton White House and Hillary's liberalism
  • The making of a (possibly) great president
  • Mikva's challenge for democracy's next generation
  • The Mikva Challenge.

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