02117cam a2200313 4500 330786042 TxAuBib 20071011120000.0 070514s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007020287 9780385516402 0385516401 (OCoLC)128238167 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA JED WIQ C#P YDXCP BUR LMR WNE TxAuBib Toobin, Jeffrey. The nine : inside the secret world of the Supreme Court / Jeffrey Toobin. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, 2007. viii, 369 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-353) and index. As the Supreme Court continues to rule on important issues, it is essential to understand how it operates. Based on exclusive interviews with the justices themselves and other insiders, this is a timely "state of the union" about America's most elite legal institution. From Anthony Kennedy's self-importance, to Antonin Scalia's combativeness, to David Souter's eccentricity, and even Sandra Day O'Connor's fateful breach with President George W. Bush, this book offers a rare personal look at how the individual style of each justice affects the way in which they wield their considerable power. Toobin shows how--since Reagan--conservatives were long thwarted in their attempts to control the Court by some of the very justices they pressured Presidents to appoint. That struggle ended with the recent appointments of John Roberts and Samuel Alito, and Toobin relays the behind-the-scenes drama in detail, as well as the ensuing 2007 Court term.--From publisher description. 20080408. United States Supreme Court. Political questions and judicial power United States. Judicial review United States. Conservatism United States. Law Political aspects. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007020287.html Table of contents only