Description |
5 audio discs (approximately 6.5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
Performer |
Read by the author. |
Note |
Abridged. |
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Compact discs. |
Summary |
"Just in time for the 2008 presidential election--where the future of the Court will be at stake--Toobin reveals an institution at a moment of transition, when decades of conservative disgust with the Court have finally produced a conservative majority, with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, civil rights, presidential power, and church-state relations. Based on exclusive interviews with the justices themselves, THE NINE tells the story of the Court through personalities--from Anthony Kennedy's overwhelming sense of self-importance to Clarence Thomas's well-tended grievances against his critics to David Souter's odd nineteenth-century lifestyle. There is also, for the first time, the full behind-the-scenes story of Bush v. Gore--and Sandra Day O'Connor's fateful breach with George W. Bush, the president she helped place in office" -- Container. |
Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
Subject |
United States. Supreme Court.
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Political questions and judicial power -- United States.
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Judicial review -- United States.
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Conservatism -- United States.
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Law -- Political aspects.
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ISBN |
9780739354599 |
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0739354590 |
Music No. |
RHCD 2204 Random House Audio |
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