In The Nine, acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at a moment of transition, the Court now stands at a crucial point, with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, civil rights, and church-state relations. Based on exclusive interviews with the justices and with a keen sense of the Court’s history and the trajectory of its future, Jeffrey Toobin creates in The Nine a riveting story of one of the most important forces in American life today.
The Supreme law of the land is in the hands of sniveling, self absorbed, conceited, regular people whose opinions change as often as their underware and with the same reasoning. Once on the court... more
The Supreme law of the land is in the hands of sniveling, self absorbed, conceited, regular people whose opinions change as often as their underware and with the same reasoning. Once on the court these jurists become arrogant and egotistical. Unfortunately they have the job for life. This is really scary.