Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme CourtPenguin Books, 1999 - 576 páginas Operating inside a network of Byzantine secrecy, the United States Supreme Court is the most powerful judicial institution in the world. Nine unelected justices, supposedly insulated from the pressure of politics, are charged with protecting our most cherished rights and shaping our fundamental laws. In this eloquent, trailblazing account, Edward Lazarus, who served as a clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun, provides an insider's guided tour of a court at war with itself and often in neglect of its constitutional duties. He guides the reader through the Court's inner sanctum, explaining as only an eyewitness can the collisions of law, politics, and personality as the Justices wrestle with the most fiercely disputed issues of our time. Part memoir, part history, and all spellbinding narrative, Closed Chambers provides an intimate portrait -- Justice by Justice -- of the battles and compromises of the highest court in the land. |
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... execution emerged as but one distasteful aspect of a far greater evil . " 21 In other words , they would have to challenge the death penalty not only for its racial biases but fully and completely ( along the line Justice Goldberg had ...
... execution emerged as but one distasteful aspect of a far greater evil . " 21 In other words , they would have to challenge the death penalty not only for its racial biases but fully and completely ( along the line Justice Goldberg had ...
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... execution numbered more than 2,000 . At the Court , the advent of the next execution and the handicapping of who would be next to die were ever present . Each week , as regularly as clockwork , the Clerk's Office would distribute the ...
... execution numbered more than 2,000 . At the Court , the advent of the next execution and the handicapping of who would be next to die were ever present . Each week , as regularly as clockwork , the Clerk's Office would distribute the ...
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... execute vicious murderers , but it manifested itself in an amazing bloodthirst , a revelry in execution remi- niscent of the celebratory crowds that years ago thronged to public hang- ings . When Missouri executed George " Tiny " Mercer ...
... execute vicious murderers , but it manifested itself in an amazing bloodthirst , a revelry in execution remi- niscent of the celebratory crowds that years ago thronged to public hang- ings . When Missouri executed George " Tiny " Mercer ...
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The Highest Court in the Land | 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 - 2005 |
Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside ... Edward Lazarus Vista de fragmentos - 1998 |
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