false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881553m/27516.jpg 27516 5 <I>The Brethren</I> is the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action. Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secrecy to give us an unprecedented view of the Chief and Associate Justices -- maneuvering, arguing, politicking, compromising and making decisions that affect every major area of American life.<P> 2693980 book 1979 The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court total:460|5:161|4:189|3:88|2:17|1:5| 460 1864 736 77 1 2 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 30 06:27:41 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 24 10:46:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 10 15:37:56 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 18:13:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Jun 24 20:34:46 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 20:34:46 -0700 2008
The Supreme Court as a Roy Rogers movie - petty men in black hats and heroic selfless ones in white hats. Lots of factual statments about the unknowable emotions and mental processes of the Justices. I gue...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Aug 05 07:26:57 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 07:27:44 -0700 2007 OK, I haven’t read All the Presidents Men, but of all the Woodward books I’ve read, this is by far the best. Woodward can get just about anyone to talk to him, and that is never more clear than in this book. He’s got direct quotes from meetings where there were only five people in attend...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Sep 28 20:40:58 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 20:59:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri May 25 08:28:51 -0700 2007 Fri May 25 18:31:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Feb 13 20:22:01 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 20:27:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Sep 17 11:04:21 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 13:16:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Jul 18 10:56:10 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 10:56:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri May 08 12:50:19 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 17:07:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 16:10:14 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 19:32:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 16:26:10 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 16:31:02 -0700 2009 Amazing. I had no idea Warren Burger was such an insufferable dick. I mean I heard bad things but I had NO IDEA. Apparently the whole reason this book got writ was because so many of the other justices were peeved at Burger and they had to vent in long, extended interviews.

The b...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Nov 21 19:29:33 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 20:11:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Dec 31 18:15:35 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 18:22:10 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Sat Jan 10 15:42:15 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 15:55:35 -0800 2009 The Brethren was the first the (now) many "Inside the Supreme Court" books.

The cliff-notes version: Chief Justice Burger is a hack. Justice Brennan is a great hero for all mankind. Justice Marshall is lazy and lets his clerks do all of his wor...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 26 04:37:55 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 04:58:54 -0800 2008
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Warren Burger was an inept, stupid, highly political hack of a Chief Justice. And a racist, sexist, bigot.

Thurgood Marshall was lazy and delegated his work to the point of dereliction.

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