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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by: Jeffrey Toobin  List Price: $29.95 Your Price: $19.77 You Save: $10.18 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 347.7326 EAN: 9780385516402 ISBN: 0385516401 Label: Doubleday Manufacturer: Doubleday Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: September 18, 2007 Publisher: Doubleday Release Date: September 18, 2007 Studio: Doubleday Sales Rank: 1733 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. Just in time for the 2008 presidential election—where the future of the Court will be at stake—Toobin reveals an institution at a moment of transition, when decades of conservative disgust with the Court have finally produced a conservative majority, with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, civil rights, presidential power, and church-state relations. Based on exclusive interviews with justices themselves, The Nine tells the story of the Court through personalities—from Anthony Kennedy's overwhelming sense of self-importance to Clarence Thomas's well-tended grievances against his critics to David Souter's odd nineteenth-century lifestyle. There is also, for the first time, the full behind-the-scenes story of Bush v. Gore—and Sandra Day O'Connor's fateful breach with George W. Bush, the president she helped place in office. The Nine is the book bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin was born to write. A CNN senior legal analyst and New Yorker staff writer, no one is more superbly qualified to profile the nine justices. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - An Intimate Look Inside the Most Exclusive Enclave in AmericaAs only Jeffrey Toobin can do, he paints a deep and rich picture of the inner sanctum of the Supreme Court. Rating: - Fine work but not a good readThis is a book based on fine research, good judgment, and intelligent analysis. but it is not very exciting a read. And the fault is not Mr. Toobin's at all. It is just that supreme court judges, like many judges and lawyers, are just not very interesting people. The law is for intelligent but uninteresting people who are really not good company, not persons with whom you would want to have a beer. Rating: - Worthwhile and Important ReadThe lawyer and New Yorker contributor Jeffrey Toobin's main argument in his informative and insightful "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court" is that for two decades Sandra Day O'Connor has been the most influential member of the Rehnquist Supreme Court. And that's good for the American people because Justice O'Connor, even though appointed by Ronald Reagan and a stalwart of the Republican Party, has sought in her long and storied career to best reflect and represent the interests ... Read More Rating:  - The NineThe Nine was a behind the scenes look at the members of the Supreme Court, with comments on their personalities and decisions. The background research was fascinating with regard to the cases. Mr. Toobin was much too biased in his presentation, and it showed in the distinct adjectives he used to describe those decisions that did not fit his political paradigm, or to describe the personalities who did not vote the way he deemed they should. Too bad about that. Otherwise, it was quite informative. Rating: - Inside the Supreme CourtReadable, informative, even handed and filled with details both mundane and anecdotal, this book gives much insight into the inner workings of the Supreme Court. Fascinating conclusions drawn from the study of the various personalities and character traits as well as conclusions drawn from effects of various world events make it hard to set aside. One wants to know more and more about these endlessly interesting choices and the paths that brought them to their powerful positions. Browse for similar items by category:
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