Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck Hockey Biographies or a Hugo or Nebula

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Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck Hockey Biographies or a Hugo or NebulaLonglisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction One of Americas great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Courts infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell ruling made government sterilization of undesirable citizens the law of the land In 1927, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling so disturbing, ignorant, and cruel that it stands as one of the great injustices in American history. In Imbeciles, bestselling author Adam Cohen exposes the courts decision