Pursuit of Justices
Winner of the 2000 Richard E. Neustadt Award for Best Book on the American PresidencyDrawing on the papers of seven modern presidents-and firsthand interviews with key figures like Edwin Meese, Ramsey Clark, and Gerald Ford-David Alistair Yalof documents and analyzes the strategies used to select Supreme Court nominees, offering a fascinating and unprecedented glimpse into executive branch decision making and the Supreme Court appointment process as a whole.