Ed Whelan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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work @EPPCdc; blog @NRO Bench Memos; Confirmation Tales substack; co-editor (1) SCALIA SPEAKS, (2) ON FAITH, (3) THE ESSENTIAL SCALIA

Originalism in American Law and Politics: A Constitutional History
Johnathan O'Neill
Received in today's mail, legal historian Johnathan O'Neill's Conservative Thought and American Constitutionalism Since the New Deal. O'Neill's previous book, Originalism in American Law and Politics, was excellent, so I'm looking forward to reading this one. https://t.co/k65idKtvcz
Hardcover, 2005
$65.00$40.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936 to 1986
James Rosen
James Rosen’s New Biography of Antonin Scalia https://t.co/z3io7jiN2Z
Hardcover, 2023
$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Conservative Thought and American Constitutionalism Since the New Deal
Johnathan O'Neill
Received in today's mail, legal historian Johnathan O'Neill's Conservative Thought and American Constitutionalism Since the New Deal. O'Neill's previous book, Originalism in American Law and Politics, was excellent, so I'm looking forward to reading this one. https://t.co/k65idKtvcz
Hardcover, 2022
$64.95$39.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Essential Scalia: On the Constitution, the Courts, and the Rule of Law
Antonin Scalia
@cjscalia 2. THE ESSENTIAL SCALIA: ON THE CONSTITUTION, THE COURTS, AND THE RULE OF LAW, co-edited by Judge Jeffrey Sutton and me (foreword by Elena Kagan). https://t.co/NpeyCFBzPk Ideal for lawyers and law students.
Hardcover, 2020
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Originalism in American Law and Politics: A Constitutional History
Johnathan O'Neill
Received in today's mail, legal historian Johnathan O'Neill's Conservative Thought and American Constitutionalism Since the New Deal. O'Neill's previous book, Originalism in American Law and Politics, was excellent, so I'm looking forward to reading this one. https://t.co/k65idKtvcz
Paperback, 2007
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Purgatorio
Dante Alighieri
I'm about 2/3 of the way through a slow read of Dante's Divine Comedy. (Yes, I've just reached Paradiso.) I'm in awe of Dante's genius. Purgatorio was amazing.
Paperback, 2004
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On Faith: Lessons from an American Believer
Antonin Scalia
@cjscalia 3. Antonin Scalia's ON FAITH: LESSONS FROM AN AMERICAN BELIEVER, co-edited by @cjscalia and me (foreword by Clarence Thomas). https://t.co/BxDPejBN2t Great gift for religious believers and anyone interested in religious liberty.
Hardcover, 2019
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
Antonin Scalia
Three Christmas-gift ideas: 1. SCALIA SPEAKS: REFLECTIONS ON LAW, FAITH, AND LIFE WELL LIVED, the NYT bestseller that @cjscalia and I co-edited (and with foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg). https://t.co/Iy2PUVHOjj Excellent for general audience.
Hardcover, 2017
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book