Closed chambers : the rise, fall, and future of the modern Supreme Court
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0140283560
ISBN 13
9780140283563
DDC
347.73
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
1999
Publisher
Pages
xvi, 576 pages
Subject
American Supreme Court
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Abstract
"Operating within a Network of Byzantine Secrecy, The United States Supreme Court is the most powerful judicial institution in the world. Nine unelected justices are charged with protecting our most cherished rights and shaping our fundamental laws." "In this account, Edward Lazarus, who served as a clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun, provides an insider's guided tour of a court at war with itself and often in neglect of its constitutional duties. Combining memoir, history, and legal analysis, Lazarus weaves together past and present to reveal how law, politics, and personality collide in the Court's inner sanctum."--BOOK JACKET.
Description
Content:
The marble palace -- A clerk's eye view -- The Grand Canyon.
The penalty of death -- The spirit of Scottsboro -- Sand in the machine -- The strike of lightning -- Backlash -- The death watch -- The lone ranger -- Stay of execution -- A cop killer's case -- Equal protection of the laws.
Things fall apart -- Robert Bork and civil war -- The cabal against the Libs -- The test of sincerity.
The torture of laws -- The right to privacy -- The price of good intentions -- The triumph of politics.
A court divided -- Transitions -- A fragile peace -- Old battles, new wounds -- Final thoughts.
The marble palace -- A clerk's eye view -- The Grand Canyon.
The penalty of death -- The spirit of Scottsboro -- Sand in the machine -- The strike of lightning -- Backlash -- The death watch -- The lone ranger -- Stay of execution -- A cop killer's case -- Equal protection of the laws.
Things fall apart -- Robert Bork and civil war -- The cabal against the Libs -- The test of sincerity.
The torture of laws -- The right to privacy -- The price of good intentions -- The triumph of politics.
A court divided -- Transitions -- A fragile peace -- Old battles, new wounds -- Final thoughts.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (519) and index.
Donated by Graham Price.
Donated by Graham Price.
Number of Copies
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