Nonfiction Books by Steven C. Markoff




1. Three-Volume Compendium of Advocacy Before the United States Supreme Court – Coming in mid-2025
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This ACLU Three-volume Compendium contains 1 ½-page summaries of each of the ACLU’s 1,193 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Union’s first 100 years, from 1920 to 2020. The set will be published by June 2025.
IMAGES: Image left is the working draft; Image right is what the final books will be like, high-quality printing with gold lettering. The final books will by 8.5″ x 11″ in size.
- Conceived and Compiled by Steven C. Markoff
- Foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky
- Case Summary Editor Jessica Pierucci, J.D., M.L.I.S.
No one, not even the ACLU, has this compendium of 1,193 ACLU cases before the Supreme Court the ACLU was involved in during 94 of its first 100 years.
The Three-volume compendium includes a Foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law), Ira Glasser’s (ACLU National Executive Director from 1978 – 2001) 1982 draft one-pager on what the ACLU does, data on how each Supreme Court Justice voted on each case, and the Win / Loss record (the batting average) of the ACLU at the Supreme Court for those 10 decades.
To be published by Rare Bird Lit, Los Angeles, in the first half of 2025.
P.S. To see the companion Handbook (click here)


2. Misfire: The Supreme Court, The Second Amendment, Our Right to Bear Arms
Mr. Markoff’s third book became available May 14, 2024
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Recipient of the Best of Los Angeles Award for “Best New Nonfiction Book – 2024”
“Misfire is a compelling read and includes an interesting amicus brief filed by linguists. This is a book that should be on every Justice’s desk when the next gun case comes around.” –Darren G. Smith, attorney
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Published by Rare Bird Lit, Los Angeles


3. HANDBOOK– The First 100 Years Of The ACLU: A Compendium Of Advocacy Before The United States Supreme Court
This Handbook became available January 2023. It received a Los Angeles Book Festival runner up award in the Wildcard Category in April 2024.
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2024 Los Angeles Book Festival Winner – Wildcard Runner Up
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The sole difference between the handbook and the three-volume set is that the handbook contains only three of the 1,193 cases in the three-volume set.
– Conceived and Compiled by Steven C. Markoff
– Foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky
– Case Summary Editor Jessica Pierucci, J.D., M.L.I.S.
No one, not even the ACLU, has this compendium of 1,193 ACLU cases before the Supreme Court the ACLU was involved in during 94 of its first 100 years.
P.S. See the Three-Volume Compendium (click here)
Published by Rare Bird Lit, Los Angeles


4. The Case Against George W. Bush
Mr. Markoff’s first book, became available November 2020.
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Recipient of the Best of Los Angeles Award for “Best Political Book – 2020”
*This book was substantially constructed from the 7,000+ sources in the Free searchable database of related quotes put together prior to the book by Mr. Markoff – 911Plus.org
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Rare Bird (for signed copies)
Published by Rare Bird Lit, Los Angeles