Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics

David M. O'Brien

W.W. Norton, 2005 - Political Science - 439 pages

The title of this update of the 2003 edition derives from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' comment that the US Supreme Court is a storm center of political controversy. In a balanced treatment of the Court's power and curbs on its power, O'Brien (government and foreign affairs, U. of Virginia) expands discussion of how changes in the Court's compos

About the author

David Michael O'Brien was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming on August 30, 1951. He received a bachelor's degree in political science and philosophy, a master's degree in political science, and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He taught politics at the University of Puget Sound and served briefly as chairman of its politics department. He joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in 1979 and taught politics there for almost four decades. He wrote, co-wrote, or edited more than a dozen books. His book, Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics, won the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. He died of lung cancer on December 20, 2018 at the age of 67.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics
• Author: David M. O'Brien
• Edition: 7, illustrated
• Publisher: W.W. Norton, 2005
• ISBN: 0393927040, 9780393927047
• Length: 439 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / Political Process / General