The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court By Jeffrey Toobine ISBN: 9780385516402 ASIN: B001ILDM2I Published: 2007 Number of Pages: 384 Edition: 1st Binding: Hardcover

Pricing & Availability: Additional Details: Product Type: Book Publisher: Doubleday Description: Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important-and secret-legal body in our country the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. Just in time for the 2oo8 presidential election-where the future of the Court will be at stake-Toobin reveals an institution at a moment of transition, when decades of conservative disgust with the Court have finally produced a conservative majority with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, civil rights, presidential power, and church-state relations. Based on exclusive interviews with the justices themselves, The Nine tells the story of the Court through personalities-from Anthony Kennedy's overwhelming sense of self- importance to Clarence Thomas's well-tended grievances against his critics to David Souter's odd nineteenth-century lifestyle. There is also, for the first time, the full behind-the-scenes story of Bush v. Gore-and Sandra Day O'Conner's fateful breach with George W. Bush, the president she helped put in office. The Nine is the book Jefferey Toobin was born to write. He is a best selling author, a CNN senior legal analyst, and a New Yorker staff writer. No one is more superbly qualified to profile the nine justices.

Library of Congress Control Number
   - LC control Number:  2007020287
   - LC control Number: 2007020287

International Standard Book Number: 0385516401: 0385516401 :: 9780385516402
   - Terms of availability: $27.95

Geographic Area Code: n-us---

Library of Congress Call Number
   - Classification number: KF8748
   - Item number: .T66 2007

Dewey Decimal Classification Number
   - Edition number: 22
   - Classification number: 347.73
   - Classification number: 347.73/26

Main Entry - Personal Name
   - Personal name: Toobin, Jeffrey
   - Personal name: Toobin, Jeffrey.

Title Statement
   - Title: The nine :
   - Remainder of title: inside the secret world of the Supreme Court /
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: Jeffrey Toobin
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: Jeffrey Toobin.

Varying Form of Title
   - Title proper/short title: 9 :
   - Title proper/short title: Inside the secret world of the Supreme Court
   - Remainder of title: inside the secret world of the Supreme Court

Edition Statement: 1st ed: 1st ed.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: New York :
   - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.: Doubleday,
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: c2007
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: c2007.

Physical Description
   - Extent: viii, 369 p. :
   - Extent: viii, 369 p., [8] p. of plates :
   - Other physical details: col. ill. ;
   - Dimensions: 24 cm.
   - Dimensions: 25 cm
   - Dimensions: 25 cm.

Bibliography, etc. Note
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [342]-353) and index.
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-353) and index
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-353) and index.

Formatted Contents Note: 1: The federalist war of ideas -- Good versus evil -- Questions presented -- Collision course -- Big heart -- Exiles return? -- What shall be Orthodox -- Writing separately -- Cards to the left -- the year of the rout -- 2: To the brink -- Over the brink -- Perfectly clear -- 3: "a particular sexual act" -- "A law-profession culture" -- Before speaking, saying something -- The green brief -- "Our executive doesn't" -- "A great privilege, indeed" -- 4: "'G' is for God -- Retiring the trophy -- "I know her heart" -- Dinner at the just desserts caf∩┐╜e -- "I am and always have been ..." -- Phanatics?: 1: The federalist war of ideas -- Good versus evil -- Questions presented -- Collision course -- Big heart -- Exiles return? -- What shall be Orthodox -- Writing separately -- Cards to the left -- the year of the rout -- 2: To the brink -- Over the brink -- Perfectly clear -- 3: "a particular sexual act" -- "A law-profession culture" -- Before speaking, saying something -- The green brief -- "Our executive doesn't" -- "A great privilege, indeed" -- 4: "'G' is for God -- Retiring the trophy -- "I know her heart" -- Dinner at the just desserts caf├⌐ -- "I am and always have been ..." -- Phanatics?: 1: The federalist war of ideas -- Good versus evil -- Questions presented -- Collision course -- Big heart -- Exiles return? -- What shall be Orthodox -- Writing separately -- Cards to the left -- the year of the rout -- 2: To the brink -- Over the brink -- Perfectly clear -- 3: "a particular sexual act" -- "A law-profession culture" -- Before speaking, saying something -- The green brief -- "Our executive doesn't" -- "A great privilege, indeed" -- 4: "'G' is for God -- Retiring the trophy -- "I know her heart" -- Dinner at the just desserts cafe╠ü -- "I am and always have been ..." -- Phanatics?

Citation/Reference Note
   - Name of source: Booklist,
   - Name of source: Kirkus,
   - Name of source: Libr Journal,
   - Name of source: Publ Weekly,
   - Location within source: August 00,2007.
   - Location within source: July 09,2007.
   - Location within source: July 15,2007.
   - Location within source: May 15,2007.

Summary, etc.: 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: 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.: Drawing on interviews with the Supreme Court justices and other insiders, a look at the powerful, often secretive world of the Supreme Court offers profiles of each justice and how their individual styles affect the way in which they wield their power.

Target Audience Note: Adult.

Subject Added Entry - Corporate Name
   - Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: United States.
   - Subordinate unit: Supreme Court
   - Subordinate unit: Supreme Court.

Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Conservatism
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Judicial review
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Law
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Political questions and judicial power
   - General subdivision: Political aspects
   - General subdivision: Political aspects.
   - Geographic subdivision: United States
   - Geographic subdivision: United States.