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The Nine

Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Agent13
May 21, 2012Agent13 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Mr. Toobin offers an insiders tour of the workings of the Court in this book. If any of the Founding Founders were to read this, then they would surely be disappointed as to how the Court functions today. While, in theory, the Court is supposed to serve as a check on the other branches of government (Separation of Powers, anyone?), politics rules the day here, with the outcome of the 2000 election as a prime example. Toobin also adds other examples that, in the final analysis, show the court to be influenced by the whims of politics.