Storming the Court: How a Band of Law Students Fought the President--and Won [Paperback]

In 1992, three hundred innocent Haitian men, women, and children who had qualified for political asylum in the United States were detained at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba -- and told they might never be freed. Charismatic democracy activist Yvonne Pascal and her fellow refugees had no contact with the outside world, no lawyers, and no hope . . . until a group of inspired Yale Law School students vowed to free them.

Pitting the students and their untested professor Harold Koh against Kenneth Starr, the Justice Department, the Pentagon, and Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, this real-life legal thriller takes the reader from the halls of Yale and the federal courts of New York to the slums of Port-au-Prince and the windswept hills of Guantánamo Bay and ultimately to the U.S. Supreme Court. Written with grace and passion,Storming the Courtcaptures the emotional highs and despairing lows of a legal education like no other -- a high-stakes courtroom campaign against the White House in the name of the greatest of American values: freedom. Want to see how the law really works? Forget the nonsense David versus Goliath stories from every legal thriller. Here's the real thing. -- Brad Meltzer, author ofThe Book of FateandThe First Counsel Brilliant. A compelling story that shows how the legal system can be used to achieve justice. Every law student should read this book. -- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Duke Law School A gripping and psychologically insightful narrative . . . which combines constitutional drama, superb reporting, and shrewd insights from beginning to end. -- Jeffrey Rosen, author ofThe Most Democratic BranchandThe Unwanted Gaze Fast-paced . . . cinematic. --The Washington Post A timely and passionate account. --Publishers Weekly Riveting, masterfully told . . . Goldstein writes like a dream as he vividly brings the stories of the refugees and the lawyers alive. -- Clara Bingham, coautl£$