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Closed chambers : the rise, fall, and future of the modern Supreme Court

Edward Lazarus (Author)
The author, a former law clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun, provides accounts of how Supreme Court justices balance the law, politics, and their own personalities when making decisions
Print Book, English, 2005
Penguin Books, New York, New York, 2005
History
x, 598 pages ; 21 cm.
9780143035275, 9780812924022, 0143035274, 0812924029
1131898185
The highest court in the land
A clerk's eye view
The Grand Canyon
The spirit of Scottsboro
Sand in the machine
The strike of lightning
Backlash
The death watch
The Lone Ranger
Stay of execution
A cop killer's case
Equal protection of the laws
Robert Bork and civil war
The cabal against the libs
The test of sincerity
The right to privacy
The price of good intentions
The triumph of politics
Transitions
A fragile peace
Old battles, new wounds
The more things change
An imperial court in a troubled democracy
"Updated with a new chapter"--Cover
First edition published in 1998 by Times Books with the title "Closed chambers: the first eyewitness account of the epic struggles inside the Supreme Court", and published with a new afterward by Penguin Books in 1999