The oath: the Obama White House and the Supreme Court
Book 2747/Completed: 1/29/2013
Author: | Toobin, Jeffrey. Court / Jeffrey Toobin. | Edition: | 1st ed. | Published: | New York : Doubleday, c2012. | Description: | viii, 325 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm. | LC Call No.: | KF8742.T66 2012 | Dewey No.: | 347.73/26090512 23 | ISBN: | 9780385527200 | Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-312) and index. | | The politician's path -- "On behalf of the strong in opposition to the weak" -- The era of good feelings -- The legacy of Appendix E -- The ballad of Lilly Ledbetter -- The war against precedent -- The hunter -- Lawyers, guns, and money -- The unrequited bipartisanship of Barack Obama -- Wise Latina -- Money talks -- Samuel Alito's question -- The rookie -- The ninety-page swan song of John Paul Stevens -- "With all due deference to separation of powers" -- The retired justices dissent -- Softball politics -- The tea party and the justice's wife -- The Thomas court -- "Democracy is not a game" -- "You should do it." -- Broccoli | -- The "effective" argument -- Epilogue: | the Roberts court. | Subjects: | United States. Supreme Court -- History -- 21st century. | | United States -- Politics and government -- 2009- | | Constitutional history -- United States. | | Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- History -- 21st century. | | Obama, Barack. | | Roberts, John G., 1955- |
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