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The Washingtonienne: A Novel
Former Hill Aide Is Back With Sexy Tome
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005; 2:00 PM
The idea behind The Nine -- that the public should understand the court's inner workings -- remains vital. To a degree that would baffle the Founding Fathers, we have come to vest these unelected, life-tenured judges with final authority to interpret the Constitution as well as all federal law. Yet the justices go to considerable lengths to shroud their deliberations in secrecy, and some of them, notably the current chief justice, engage in a disinformation campaign, announcing that they are disinterested referees, like umpires in baseball, engaged in the pedestrian enterprise of calling legal balls and strikes according to a clear set of rules. Review: Supreme Politics (Post, Sept. 23)
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, author of "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court," fields questions and comments about the book, which goes behind the scenes to examine the men and women who led the court through the contentious past quarter-century.
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