Title: The oath
Description: An insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration. From the moment John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the United States, flubbed the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational. Both men are young, brilliant, charismatic, charming, determined to change the course of the nation--and completely at odds on almost every major constitutional issue. One is radical; one essentially conservative. The surprise is that Obama is the conservative--a believer in incremental change, compromise, and pragmatism over ideology. Roberts--and his allies on the Court--seek to overturn decades of precedent: in short, to undo the victory FDR achieved in the New Deal. And now they are linked in history by Roberts's stunning vote to uphold Obamacare. As the nation prepares to vote for President in 2012, the future of the Supreme Court is also on the ballot--From publisher description.
Subjects: Politics and government, Constitutional history, Political questions and judicial power, United States. Supreme Court, United States, History, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2012-10-07, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, United states, politics and government, 2009-2017, Obama, barack, 1961-, Roberts, john g., 1955-, United states, supreme court, Constitutional history, united states
Places: United States
People: John G. Roberts (1955-), Barack Obama
Time periods: 2009-, 21st century