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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.

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This is a well-organized, well-written book on a fascinating and important subject. Remarkably, it is ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 09:19:35 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 13 10:27:12 -0700 2007
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It feels really strange to say this was a guilty pleasure, but it was!

What, a non-fiction work about the Supreme Court a guilty pleasure??? Well, it was! It is extremely accessible (perhaps too acc...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jun 13 15:13:41 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 11 10:36:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri May 16 09:27:18 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 09:30:13 -0700 2008
(For the record, I am neither a knee-jerk liberal nor an arch-conservative; I am an independent with liber...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Feb 28 11:22:15 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 11:24:26 -0800 2008
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