American original
Subtitle: the life and constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
By: Joan Biskupic
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9780374532444
Subjects: United States; Judges; Constitutional law; United States. Supreme Court; Biography
Description: A profile of the conservative Supreme Court justice offers insight into his absolute belief system and considerable body of work, evaluating Scalia as an "apex of power" whose opinions may have far-reaching consequences in the social counterrevolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-412) and index.
Table of contents: title: A place in the American story; title: In the turbulence of Watergate; title: Witness for the executive; title: Meeting of the minds; title: Relentless in dissent; title: "I have no agenda."; title: "Is anybody listening?"; title: Dilemmas of race; title: Passions of his mind; title: "A country I do not recognize"; title: Bush v. Gore : not over it; title: "Quack, quack"; title: The center chair; title: Showman of the bench; title: Power in a time of terrorism; title: "You get one shot."