Gideon's TrumpetIn Gideon's Trumpet Anthony Lewis documents Clarence Earl Gideon's fight for an attorney, in an era when it was not necessary in due process to appoint an attorney for the condemned . Anthony Lewis was born in New York City on March 27, 1927. Being a prominent liberal, Lewis is responsible for numerous legal works such as Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment, The Supreme Court, and How It Works: The History of the Case Gideon and Portrait of a Decade: The Second American Revolution. Early in his career, Lewis began writing for The New York Times. Considered "at the far left of the spectrum" he is quite partial to the involvement the Supreme Court should have in our daily lives. In general, those who are liberal wish to change the laws in favor of citizens, and obviously this was reflected in Lewis's favorable stance towards Gideon's request. The source Lewis uses frequently in Gideon's Trumpet is the United States Reports. It was from these "reports" that Lewis incorporated other famous court cases such as the Bett v. Brady case. Others, such as Adamson v. California and Powell v. Alabama, were used but were mentioned briefly and barely explained. Lewis did a mediocre job incorporating these pertinent court cases into Gideon's Trumpet. In Gideon's Trumpet, Anthony Lewis documents the steps Gideon took to ensure he received justice. It all started when Gideon first sent a response letter to the Supreme Court on January 8, 1962.