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The nine inside the secret world of the Supreme Court

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As the Supreme Court continues to rule on important issues, it is essential to understand how it operates. Based on exclusive interviews with the justices themselves and other insiders, this is a timely "state of the union" about America's most elite legal institution. From Anthony Kennedy's self-im...

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Main Author: Toobin, Jeffrey
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, c2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Judicial review > United States.
Conservatism > United States.
Law > Political aspects.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1: The federalist war of ideas
  • Good versus evil
  • Questions presented
  • Collision course
  • Big heart
  • Exiles return?
  • What shall be Orthodox
  • Writing separately
  • Cards to the left
  • the year of the rout
  • 2: To the brink
  • Over the brink
  • Perfectly clear
  • 3: "a particular sexual act"
  • "A law-profession culture"
  • Before speaking, saying something
  • The green brief
  • "Our executive doesn't"
  • "A great privilege, indeed"
  • 4: "'G' is for God
  • Retiring the trophy
  • "I know her heart"
  • Dinner at the just desserts cafeĢ
  • "I am and always have been ..."
  • Phanatics?

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