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Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court Book

Edward Lazarus, a former Supreme Court clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun, spills the beans on an institution that values silence. Nobody is supposed to understand what happens behind the scenes of the high court--that's why the justices rarely speak to the media--but Lazarus tells all he knows from his time as a top aide to Blackmun in the Supreme Court's 1988 term. There's a lot of legal theory and history, but it's well presented and usually focuses on touchstone issues in U.S. politics; cases involving abortion, the death penalty, and racial preferences receive sustained treatment in these pages. There are gossipy bits, too, revealing unflattering details about several current justices. Sure to be one of the more controversial books of the year. --John J. MillerRead More

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  • Product Description

    When Closed Chambers was first published, it was met with a firestorm of controversy?as well as a shower of praise?for being the first book to break the code of silence about the inner workings of this country?s most powerful court. In this eloquent, trailblazing account, with a new chapter covering Bush v. Gore, Guantanamo, and other recent controversial court decisions, Edward Lazarus, who served as a clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun, presents a searing indictment of a court at war with itself and often in neglect of its constitutional duties. Combining memoir, history, and legal analysis, Lazarus reveals in astonishing detail the realities of what takes place behind the closed doors of the U.S. Supreme Court?an institution that through its rulings holds the power to affect the life of every American.

  • 0143035274
  • 9780143035275
  • Edward Lazarus
  • 31 May 2005
  • Penguin Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 608
  • Reissue
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