Appealing For Justice: One Lawyer, Four Decades and the Landmark Gay Rights Case: Romer v. Evans - Softcover

"By telling the story of one woman who played a pivotal role in a critical civil rights lawsuit, Susan Casey brilliantly captures the story of an entire generation--indeed, the story of America over the past half century. This book is a must read for anyone who cares passionately about social justice. It explains how epochal change can happen." --Helen Thorpe, winner of the 2010 Colorado Book Award for Creative Nonfiction and author of Soldier Girls and Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America. "A must-read for fans of the Supreme Court and civil rights, Susan Casey's drama expertly tells the tale of an entire movement through one of its bravest characters." --Michael Booth, member of two Pulitzer Prize-winning news teams and winner of the 2015 Colorado Book Award for Nonfiction. "In Appealing for Justice: One Colorado Lawyer, Four Decades, and the Landmark Gay Rights Case Romer v. Evans Susan Casey captures both the essence of a remarkable woman and the times that shaped her. Jean Dubofsky's career and accomplishments are nothing short of brilliant, culminating in a landmark Supreme Court victory. Appealing for Justice not only chronicles Dubofsky's challenges and successes, it is a nail-biting, riveting and sometimes shocking look at the inner workings of our justice system and dark the underbelly of American history. It goes far beyond a chronicle of Jean Dubofsky's legal accomplishments. It's an honest look at the challenges of trying to do it all as a wife, mother, daughter and lawyer with an ultimately happy and victorious outcome. From Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow to her Supreme Court victory in a Landmark gay rights case, Dubofsky's career mirrors the changes of the last half century in America." --Cathy Langer, Director of Buying, Tattered Cover, Denver, CO

Susan Casey is a respected authority in the field of American politics and government. She served as a top advisor to presidential candidates Sen. Gary Hart, Sen. Bob Kerrey, Sen. John Kerry and Gov. Martin O'Malley, and was an elected member of the Denver City Council when the Romer v. Evans decision was handed down. Casey has a PhD in International Affairs, taught at the University of Colorado Graduate School of Public Affairs and at Metropolitan State University in Denver, and led an innovative new media project at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Her columns have appeared in the Huffington Post, the Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News, the Boston Globe, the (Boulder) Daily Camera and the Concord (NH) Monitor. It is her second book. She lives in Denver, Colorado.