Closed chambers
Subtitle: the rise, fall, and future of the modern Supreme Court
By: Edward Lazarus.
Edition: [Penguin ed.].
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 576
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court -- History.; Clerks of court -- United States -- History.; Judicial process -- United States -- History.; Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- History.
Description: "Operating within a Network of Byzantine Secrecy, The United States Supreme Court is the most powerful judicial institution in the world. Nine unelected justices are charged with protecting our most cherished rights and shaping our fundamental laws.".

"In this account, Edward Lazarus, who served as a clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun, provides an insider's guided tour of a court at war with itself and often in neglect of its constitutional duties. Combining memoir, history, and legal analysis, Lazarus weaves together past and present to reveal how law, politics, and personality collide in the Court's inner sanctum."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-547) and index.