Courtwatchers
Subtitle: eyewitness accounts of life on the Supreme Court
By: Clare Cushman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781442212459; 9781442212473
Subjects: United States; Judges; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Judicial Branch; United States. Supreme Court; Officials and employees; History; Selection and appointment; Judicial process; Clerks of court
Description: "In the first Supreme Court history told primarily through eyewitness accounts from Court insiders, Clare Cushman provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the people, practices, and traditions that have shaped an American institution for more than 200 years.This entertaining and enlightening tour of the Supreme Court's colorful personalities and inner workings will be of interest to all readers of American political and legal history"--

"In the first Supreme Court history told primarily through eyewitness accounts from Court insiders, Clare Cushman provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the people, practices, and traditions that have shaped an American institution for more than two hundred years. This entertaining and enlightening tour of the Supreme Court's colorful personalities and inner workings will be of interest to all readers of American political and legal history"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Sink or swim: the first decade; title: John Marshall takes charge: establishing power; title: Justice by Shay, stagecoach, steamboat, train: riding circuit; title: Wives, children . . . husbands: supporting roles; title: Yes, Mr. president: appointment and confirmation; title: Learning the ropes: a rookie arrives; title: Inside the courtroom: views of the bench; title: Silver tongues and quill pens: oral argument; title: Nine justices, one bench: building consensus; title: (Not so) good behavior: discord and feuds; title: A peek inside chambers: clerk stories; title: "Welcome to the chain gang": managing the workload; title: Timing it right: stepping down.