Contrary to what Americans like to believe, the Supreme Court does little to protect the rights of the poor and disadvantaged; in fact, it has not been on their side for half a century. Surveying the most significant Supreme Court rulings since the Nixon era, Adam Cohen establishes that the modern Court has been one of the leading forces behind the nation's soaring level of economic inequality, and that an institution revered as a source of fairness has damaged America's principle of justice for all.