In the United States, federal judges occupy weighty positions. They interpret the Constitution, define people's rights and liberties, and apply laws and regulations to myriad cases. They also are older than ever. In 2023, the median age of a federal judge reached 70 for the first time. Nearly one-third of federal judges exceeded the age of 75. And ten percent were 85 years or older. The federal judiciary has become a graying judiciary. Recent advances in neuroscience show that cognitive ag...

This book is the first study specifically to investigate the extent to which US Supreme Court justices alter the clarity of their opinions based on expected reactions from their audiences. The authors examine this dynamic by creating a unique measure of opinion clarity and then testing whether the Court writes clearer opinions when it faces ideologically hostile and ideologically scattered lower federal courts; when it decides cases involving poorly performing federal agencies; when it dec...

United States Supreme Court justices make decisions that have a profound impact on American society. Empirical legal scholars have portrayed justices as either single-minded or strategic seekers of policy, and there is little room in these theories for things like law, reputation, or personality. This book offers a fresh perspective that will jar Supreme Court scholarship out of complacency. It argues that justices' personalities influence their behavior, which in turn influences legal dev...

When the dragon offers him a deal, he takes the sensible choice.Morgan has high hopes of slaying a dragon. He and his squire plod through the wilderness for weeks, missing the company of anyone other than themselves. Soon, Morgan finds himself curious about things he's never been curious about before. But he's decided that it will be worth it, once they receive a kingly sum for their work.When they find the dragon, the situation is far from what they expect...

What happens beside the river isn't as private as he thought.Gareth wants to leave his small town and start a better life in Eldenvale, but it doesn't come cheap. He needs money, so he takes a job helping out on the local farm. It's going well, except that the other men can't seem to stop bothering him. He's used to being picked on, but there's something about their leader that makes it different. And what starts as harmless teasing becomes fodder for his wildest d...

A short story collection of public CMNM tales within a fantasy setting, explore your desires with these thrilling situations. Each features an MM pairing and revealing, public scenes. Each protagonist discovers that he might like being exposed more than he thought, and that his private fantasies can become very public. You'll find public nudity, exhibitionism, gay encounters, and more.

Baker: Being a single dad was never part of the playbook, but one look at my son and everything changed.Now football and fatherhood are my whole world—a world that gets turned upside down when my nanny quits two weeks before training camp. Sloane Peterson runs interference by stepping in to help.She's sweet, dependable, and the one woman I shouldn't want. Not when our lives are so entwined. But every time she smiles at my son—or me—it gets harder to remembe...

JoeyI don't want to be someone's dirty little secret. I know all too well what that feels like.Guarding my heart means staying out of pro football player Brock Williams's bed and out of the spotlight. After all these years, he's exactly like I remember: charming, determined, and used to getting what he wants. And what he wants now is me.The chemistry between us is undeniable. The guy I always saw as a player is now the one who makes my heart beat fa...

I'm in love with my stalkers…When Rafe and Grant came into my life, it felt like a fairy tale. Two of Hollywood's hottest stars are noticing me? The writer who was practically a hermit and scared of everyone? The woman who hid away in books and had never been in love? Unreal. I never realized the men I was in awe of shared a deadly secret and wanted to share one more thing— me.The woman I was before is gone, and it's far too late to get away from m...

RowanI swore I'd never look twice at a football player again, especially after barely surviving the last one. But when my abusive ex gets traded to the team I work for, my past shows up to haunt me. Not a moment too soon, star player Landry Reynolds runs interference, announcing that he's my boyfriend. My emotions get the best of me, and I find myself playing along.He's charming, bold, and way too convincing. The more time we spend together, the harder it is to remember tha...

NYT and USA Today bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Nashville Rampage football team. Risk the Play is a single mom, coach, best friend's dad, forbidden, secret-relationship, age-gap romance.Will: Football was always simple—follow the playbook, make the sacrifice, win the game. I lived by tha...

BellamyI watched my parents' marriage crumble when my father chose football over family. His love for the game destroyed us. It's why I loathe it. It's also why I don't trust easily. So when I meet a handsome stranger at a hotel bar, we trade nothing but first names. I'm miles from home and I'll never see him again.Until I do. At a family event with my dad, he's there—my mystery man from weeks ago. Only now, I know who he is: a football player on my father'...