Praise for Unprecedented


"From being at the right place at the right time and by dint of prodigious effort, Josh Blackman got the inside scoop on the constitutional case of the century, which he now shares with all of us. Combining information gleaned from his extensive interviews with the principals with his constitutional expertise as a scholar, Blackman is able to describe the litigation strategies of the parties and explain the sometimes confusing constitutional doctrines raised by the case in language anyone can understand. Even those who were deeply involved in the litigation stand to learn from his evenhanded exposition. I know I have. Unprecedented is the definitive account of the historic constitutional challenge to Obamacare."
--RANDY E. BARNETT, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory, and director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution, Georgetown University Law Center


"The story of the legal challenge to Obamacare is one of the most remarkable in the nation's history, and Josh Blackman's fascinating new book takes us through its many twists and turns with masterful aplomb. Blackman's narrative never flags as he guides us through the ins and outs of litigation strategy and constitutional argument. This is an absorbing tale of how a landmark Supreme Court opinion was born."
--JACK M. BALKIN, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School


"This will surely be recognized as the definitive account of the convoluted litigation leading up to the Supreme Court's historic ruling on the Affordable Care Act and of what that ruling might portend for the future. It's a rare combination of a page-turner and a careful explanation of the legal arguments--all the more remarkable because it comes from someone who played a role in developing the challenge to the Act and thus is anything but a disinterested observer. This is as good an example as we are likely to see of a head-to-toe dissection of a still living legal specimen."
--LAURENCE H. TRIBE, Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School 

Josh Blackman is an assistant professor of law at the South Texas College of Law and president of the Harlan Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness about the Supreme Court and the Constitution. He has published over a dozen law review articles about constitutional law, written numerous op-eds, and been interviewed about the Supreme Court by the New York Times, CNN, ABC News Radio, Reuters, the National Law Journal, the American Bar Association Journal, and Yahoo! News. The American Bar Association Journal selected his personal blog as one of its top 100 Legal Blogs. He also runs FantasySCOTUS.net.