Books : The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 347.7326
EAN: 9781400096794
ISBN: 1400096790
Label: Anchor
Manufacturer: Anchor
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: September 09, 2008
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date: September 09, 2008
Studio: Anchor
Sales Rank: 143

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In The Nine, acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at a moment of transition, the Court now stands at a crucial point, with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, civil rights, and church-state relations. Based on exclusive interviews with the justices and with a keen sense of the Court’s history and the trajectory of its future, Jeffrey Toobin creates in The Nine a riveting story of one of the most important forces in American life today.

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- An Intimate Look Inside the Most Exclusive Enclave in America
As only Jeffrey Toobin can do, he paints a deep and rich picture of the inner sanctum of the Supreme Court.

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- Fine work but not a good read
This 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.

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- Worthwhile and Important Read
The 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

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- The Nine
The 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.

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- Inside the Supreme Court
Readable, 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.

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