Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme CourtPenguin Publishing Group, 2005 M05 3 - 608 páginas When Closed Chambers was first published, it was met with a firestorm of controversy—as well as a shower of praise—for being the first book to break the code of silence about the inner workings of this country’s most powerful court. In this eloquent, trailblazing account, with a new chapter covering Bush v. Gore, Guantanamo, and other recent controversial court decisions, Edward Lazarus, who served as a clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun, presents a searing indictment of a court at war with itself and often in neglect of its constitutional duties. Combining memoir, history, and legal analysis, Lazarus reveals in astonishing detail the realities of what takes place behind the closed doors of the U.S. Supreme Court—an institution that through its rulings holds the power to affect the life of every American. |
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Página 57
... prosecutors used 80 percent or more of their peremptories to strike black jurors from cases involving black defendants . In Dallas , Texas , the instructional manual in the prosecutor's office advised its lawyers to conduct jury ...
... prosecutors used 80 percent or more of their peremptories to strike black jurors from cases involving black defendants . In Dallas , Texas , the instructional manual in the prosecutor's office advised its lawyers to conduct jury ...
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... prosecutor's peremptory jury strikes . Tompkins had little trouble carrying his initial burden ( making his prima facie case ) of raising an inference of discrimination . The raw facts of the case were sufficient . Tompkins was black ...
... prosecutor's peremptory jury strikes . Tompkins had little trouble carrying his initial burden ( making his prima facie case ) of raising an inference of discrimination . The raw facts of the case were sufficient . Tompkins was black ...
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... prosecutor's strikes - and found them to be race neu- tral . The Texas courts ' treatment of the challenge to Leroy Green was rep- resentative . Evidently the trial judge felt uncomfortable accepting Green's post office employment as a ...
... prosecutor's strikes - and found them to be race neu- tral . The Texas courts ' treatment of the challenge to Leroy Green was rep- resentative . Evidently the trial judge felt uncomfortable accepting Green's post office employment as a ...
Contenido
Authors Note | 3 |
A Clerks Eye View | 17 |
The Grand Canyon | 47 |
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Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court Edward Lazarus Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court Edward Lazarus Vista de fragmentos - 1999 |
Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside ... Edward Lazarus Vista de fragmentos - 1998 |
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