Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics - Hardcover

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An inside look at the workings of the Supreme Court written by a top scholar and commentator.

In this engaging and illuminating narrative of the Supreme Court, David Oâ Brien shows students how the Court is a â storm centerâ of political controversy, where personality, politics, law, and justice come together to shape and often change drastically the society in which we live. Details such as how the Court decides which cases to review, the rise of individual opinions, and the expanded role of clerks are explained in lively, accessible prose.

The Ninth Edition includes new material on President Barack Obamaâ s appointments of Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan; Chief Justice Robertsâ s role in conference and in important administrative changes within the Court; and new material from the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist's papers and from the Clinton Presidential Library.

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David M. O'Brien is professor in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. He is also the author of the two-volume paperback, Constitutional Law and Politics, Second Edition (Norton), and the annual Supreme Court Watch (Norton). Professor O'Brien is at work on a book on civil liberties.
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With the abortion and school desegregation decisions, O'Brien contends, the Supreme Court has ceased to be Hamilton's "least dangerous branch." Increasingly activist, it has in fact become a "storm center" of national politics. Ever mindful of our judicial past, O'Brien likewise finds the Court is markedly more bureaucratic. His lucid text descibes the inner rules and proceduresthe cost of filings, screening procedures, certiorari petitions, the justices' give-and-take negotiations, their tentative votes and maneuverings, the oral arguments, the growing number of dissents and plurality opinions. O'Brien finds the Court rife with heated personal clashes. Rather than above the battle, it is highly sensitive to external pressures, from the President, Congress, public opinion. This is an illuminating, first-rate primer for those seeking to understand the workings of the Court. Milton Cantor, History Dept., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst
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  • PublisherW W Norton & Co Inc
  • Publication date1986
  • ISBN 10 0393023303
  • ISBN 13 9780393023305
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages384
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