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A political satire that deftly sets up the inside the Beltway crowd. President Donald Vanderdamp has had two very qualified nominees to the Supreme Court voted down in the Senate Judiciary Committee--one for some comments made in the school newspaper about To Kill a Mockingbird when he was in the 7th grade. In frustration, President Vanderdamp decides to throw the Senate a curve ball and nominate Pepper Cartwright, the judge on the highly rated television reality program Courtroom Six. The best
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I really enjoyed this book, author Christopher Buckley has his father's sense of humor and style, while writing in his own voice. While the premise is a little farfetched, it's not "that" far fetched, which lends believability to the humor and parody of the story. If you like subtle humor (ala P. G. Wodehouse) then I think you'll like this story of a television judge who gets elevated to the Supreme Court. I think anyone who's read some recent histories of the Supreme Court, such as "The Brethre
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