The nine : inside the secret world of the Supreme Court / Jeffrey Toobin.

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Publication details:
New York : Doubleday, 2007.
Record id:
59477
Subject:
United States. -- Supreme Court.
Judges -- United States.
Contents:
1. The federalist war of ideas
2. Good versus evil
3. Questions presented
4. Collision course
5. Big heart
6. Exiles return?
7. What shall be orthodox
8. Writing separately
9. Cards to the left
10. The year of the rout
11. To the brink
12. Over the brink
13. Perfectly clear
14. A particular sex act
15. A law-profession culture
16. Before speaking, saying something
17. The green brief
18. Our executive doesn't
19. A great privilege, indeed
20. G is for god
21. Retiring the trophy
22. I know her heart
23. Dinner at the just desserts café
24. I am and always have been
25. Phanatics?
Summary:
Journalist Jeffrey Toobin tells the story of the Supreme Court through the personalities who serve on the most important and secret legal body in the United States. He reveals an institution at a time of transition through exclusive interviews with the nine people who decide the law of the land.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780385516402
Phys. description:
viii, 369 p : ill. ; 24 cm