Storm center
the Supreme Court in American politics
1st ed.
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Word Count
96,000 words, Guess
Page Count
384 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2538900M
- ISBN-100393023303
- OCLC Control Number87841409
- OCLC Control Number7525
- OCLC Control Number12612693
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- OCLC Control Numberstormcentersupre00obri_2
- Library of Congress Control Number85019869
- Goodreads4050512
- LibraryThing23228
Classifications
- DDC347.73/26
- LCCKF8742 .O27 1986
Description
"In this fully updated version of his 1986 American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award-winning book, noted constitutional law scholar David M. O'Brien again brings the Supreme Court into open view. We meet the current nine justices and their sometimes eccentric predecessors. We hear the surprising backstage stories of their appointments and the presidential efforts to shape the Court. Based on thorough interviews with current and past justices, and continual and exhaustive research into the private working papers of justices as well as their presidents, the book reveals the negotiations and compromises behind the landmark and the early 1990 decisions on abortion, school desegregation, legislative apportionment, free speech, and the rights of the accused. In the midst of the ongoing debate over the Supreme Court, we see, above all, "the least dangerous branch" of government where personality, politics, law, and justice come together in a "storm center" to shape and often change drastically the society in which we live."--[book jacket].
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