Faigman, David L

Examines how the Supreme Court has struggled to integrate scientific knowledge into court rulings. Discusses a variety of precedent setting cases, such as legalized eugenics in the Buck v. Bell case, the internment of Japanese-Americans in Korematsu v. United States, and the end to segregation with Brown v. Board of Education.

Traces the United States Supreme Court's attempts to weave science into the Constitution, discussing how the evolution of scientific knowledge has influenced the conservative nature of the law.