Storm center
Subtitle: the Supreme Court in American politics
By: David M. O'Brien.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 479
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court.; Political questions and judicial power -- United States.; Judicial process -- United States.
Description: "In this fully updated version of his 1986 American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award-winning book, noted constitutional law scholar David M. O'Brien again brings the Supreme Court into open view. We meet the current nine justices and their sometimes eccentric predecessors. We hear the surprising backstage stories of their appointments and the presidential efforts to shape the Court. Based on thorough interviews with current and past justices, and continual and exhaustive research into the private working papers of justices as well as their presidents, the book reveals the negotiations and compromises behind the landmark and the early 1990 decisions on abortion, school desegregation, legislative apportionment, free speech, and the rights of the accused. In the midst of the ongoing debate over the Supreme Court, we see, above all, "the least dangerous branch" of government where personality, politics, law, and justice come together in a "storm center" to shape and often change drastically the society in which we live."--[book jacket].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 416-453) and index.