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The oath : the Obama White House and the Supreme Court / Jeffrey Toobin.
A gripping insider's account of the ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration. Both men are brilliant, charismatic, and determined to change the course of the nation and completely at odds on almost every major constitutional issue.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385527200
- Physical Description: viii, 325 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A portion of this work was previously published in slightly different form in The New Yorker."--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-312) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Baker County Library | 347.7326 .T668o (Text) | 37814002624899 | NON-FICTION | Available | - | ||
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