For those who find the machinations of modern American politics not only unfathomable but often absurd and yet difficult to laugh at because the outcome affects so many lives, I recommend that you read this novel. I’m certain that you’ll find more than one point where you’ll guffaw out loud. The author manages to see just how often the serious business of government is not just humorous but only a short step away from a well written “Saturday Night Live” sketch. Here, the President of the U.S. is in locked conflict with a Congress that hates him so much that they will do anything to keep him from initiating any policy or appointing any person that he feels will represent him or his party’s views. When an opening appears on the Supreme Court each nominee he brings before the Senate is rejected, regardless of credentials or political point of view, simply as a means of humiliating the President. At least that’s the case until he nominates Pepper Cartwright, the most popular judge on American television---a fictional version of “Judge Judy”. Pepper is not only the most popular celebrity in America but fair, insightful, funny and a sage Texan that says what she means and is not afraid of anybody, including the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. At this point the story goes through so many twists and turns that the laughs just keep coming. I thought it was hilarious.