Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme CourtWhen 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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As April progresses , some tasks fall away as the Court hears its last set of cases
for the term and issues some of the major opinions from cases argued in the fall .
The pace of work , however , only quickens . With the exception of a case or two ...
As April progresses , some tasks fall away as the Court hears its last set of cases
for the term and issues some of the major opinions from cases argued in the fall .
The pace of work , however , only quickens . With the exception of a case or two ...
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As everyone at the Court keenly appreciated , the docket for the next term was
already brimming with potentially momentous cases where , depending on
Kennedy , whole fields of law could be rewritten . And judging by Kennedy ' s
strong ...
As everyone at the Court keenly appreciated , the docket for the next term was
already brimming with potentially momentous cases where , depending on
Kennedy , whole fields of law could be rewritten . And judging by Kennedy ' s
strong ...
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We still remembered the thrill of October and the optimism of January , when it
had seemed that Kennedy would join the liberals on a meaningful case . For a
little while , we had allowed ourselves to believe that at the end of the term we
might ...
We still remembered the thrill of October and the optimism of January , when it
had seemed that Kennedy would join the liberals on a meaningful case . For a
little while , we had allowed ourselves to believe that at the end of the term we
might ...
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CLOSED CHAMBERS: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside the Supreme Court
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Authors Note | 3 |
A Clerks Eye View | 17 |
The Grand Canyon | 47 |
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| Título | Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court Penguin history |
| Autor | Edward Lazarus |
| Edición | reeditada, revisada |
| Editor | Penguin Books, 2005 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 14 Ago. 2010 |
| ISBN | 0143035274, 9780143035275 |
| Largo | 598 páginas |
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