Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American PoliticsDavid O'Brien shows students how the Supreme Court is a "storm center" of political controversy where personality, politics, law, and justice converge. This thoroughly updated Eighth Edition of Storm Center continues to chart historic steps taken by the Court, and features an in-depth discussion of the Court's continuing turn to the right and the first term of Chief Justice John Roberts. |
Contents
ONE A Struggle for Power | 1 |
TWO The Cult of the Robe | 33 |
THREE Life in the Marble Temple | 107 |
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