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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... wanted simply to see how we'd get along for forty - five minutes or so- and how , together with three other clerks , two secretaries , and a mes- senger , we might get along for what , if he hired me , promised to be the most arduous ...
... wanted simply to see how we'd get along for forty - five minutes or so- and how , together with three other clerks , two secretaries , and a mes- senger , we might get along for what , if he hired me , promised to be the most arduous ...
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... wanted to address the legislative immunity question . But underlying Marshall's writing as much as the legal argu- ment was an implicit expression of outrage at the prospect of granting even temporary relief to elected officials who had ...
... wanted to address the legislative immunity question . But underlying Marshall's writing as much as the legal argu- ment was an implicit expression of outrage at the prospect of granting even temporary relief to elected officials who had ...
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... wanted to end the Court's indulgence of these bar- nacles on the system . Pursuing what they perceived as " the interests of justice , " they proposed a limit on the number of unsuccessful applica- tions a single litigant could file at ...
... wanted to end the Court's indulgence of these bar- nacles on the system . Pursuing what they perceived as " the interests of justice , " they proposed a limit on the number of unsuccessful applica- tions a single litigant could file at ...
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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