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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Autor principal: Horwitt, Sanford D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Obama, Barack.
Mikva, Abner J.
Obama, Barack > Friends and associates.
United States. > Congress. > House.
Illinois. > General Assembly. > House of Representatives.
Illinois. > General Assembly. > House of Representatives > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
Politics and government.
Legislators.
Judges.
Jewish politicians.
Friendship.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Juges > États-Unis > Biographies.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Jewish politicians > United States > Biography.
Legislators > Illinois > Biography.
Judges > United States > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States.
Illinois > Chicago.
Illinois.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > Anecdotes.
Chicago (Ill.) > Administration > Anecdotes.
United States > Politics and government > Anecdotes.
Chicago (Ill.) > Politics and government > Anecdotes.
Biographies.
Anecdotes.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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