The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
by: Jeffrey Toobin
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Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land.
Just in time for the 2008 presidential election—where the future of the Court will be at stake—Toobin reveals an institution at a moment of transition, when decades of conservative disgust with the Court have finally produced a conservative majority, with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, civil rights, presidential power, and church-state relations.
Based on exclusive interviews with justices themselves, The Nine tells the story of the Court through personalities—from Anthony Kennedy's overwhelming sense of self-importance to Clarence Thomas's well-tended grievances against his critics to David Souter's odd nineteenth-century lifestyle. There is also, for the first time, the full behind-the-scenes story of Bush v. Gore—and Sandra Day O'Connor's fateful breach with George W. Bush, the president she helped place in office.
The Nine is the book bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin was born to write. A CNN senior legal analyst and New Yorker staff writer, no one is more superbly qualified to profile the nine justices.
Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land.
Just in time for the 2008 presidential election—where the future of the Court will be at stake—Toobin reveals an institution at a moment of transition, when decades of conservative disgust with the Court have finally produced a conservative majority, with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, civil rights, presidential power, and church-state relations.
Based on exclusive interviews with justices themselves, The Nine tells the story of the Court through personalities—from Anthony Kennedy's overwhelming sense of self-importance to Clarence Thomas's well-tended grievances against his critics to David Souter's odd nineteenth-century lifestyle. There is also, for the first time, the full behind-the-scenes story of Bush v. Gore—and Sandra Day O'Connor's fateful breach with George W. Bush, the president she helped place in office.
The Nine is the book bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin was born to write. A CNN senior legal analyst and New Yorker staff writer, no one is more superbly qualified to profile the nine justices.
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- I thought the book was terrific
The author presented an unbiased, clear and very interesting depiction of the members of the Court and how they go about their business.
It confirmed my opinion that the justices are very political, which is depressing. It was a very good read.
Rating: - Worthy successor to the classic and still relevant Bob Woodward / Scott Armstrong work
Jeffrey Toobin's book is a worthy successor to the classic and still relevant Bob Woodward / Scott Armstrong look at the inner workings of the Supreme Court - The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court.Woodward and Armstrong had the angle of being pure journalists and - for the layperson - have the more readable book.Plus, The Brethren has the good fortune of covering such giants of the law as Hugo Black, Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, William Brennan and William O. Douglas.
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Rating: - Timely reading
Engaging and entertaining, hard to put down, "The Nine" is a must read to understand recent events surrounding the current selection of another Supreme Court Justice.Tobin is fair minded in his personal touches about proclivities of his real life characters while weaving the magnitude of their decisions into the fabric of American History.News reports about Supreme Court activity will never look the same again.
Rating: 
- Mildly informative but obviously biased
2.5 stars.
This is a pretty average treatment of the Supreme Court. It's mildly entertaining but obviously biased. I can live with that but the treatment of the Court and the Justices just seemed kind of superficial and "tabloid-ish." It was more like reading People Magazine than a serious book about the Court. I was left with the feeling that the book cheapens its subject and, as someone who has a great deal on interest in, and respect for, both the Court and the law, I found that distasteful. ... Read More
Rating: 
- A Disappointment Lacking Any of the Insight It Promised
The cover of Mr. Toobin's book proclaims loudly "Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court", but what the reader receives in page after dull, dry page is a rehash of cases the court has heard since the 1950s. This book might be a good read for law students on summer break with nothing else to do, but what I expected would be a behind-the-scenes look into the personal and professional dynamics of the Supreme Court members, their little known traditions, personalities and secret deliberations was non existent. ... Read More
- I thought the book was terrificThe author presented an unbiased, clear and very interesting depiction of the members of the Court and how they go about their business.
It confirmed my opinion that the justices are very political, which is depressing. It was a very good read.
- Worthy successor to the classic and still relevant Bob Woodward / Scott Armstrong workJeffrey Toobin's book is a worthy successor to the classic and still relevant Bob Woodward / Scott Armstrong look at the inner workings of the Supreme Court - The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court.Woodward and Armstrong had the angle of being pure journalists and - for the layperson - have the more readable book.Plus, The Brethren has the good fortune of covering such giants of the law as Hugo Black, Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, William Brennan and William O. Douglas.
Toobin ... Read More
- Timely readingEngaging and entertaining, hard to put down, "The Nine" is a must read to understand recent events surrounding the current selection of another Supreme Court Justice.Tobin is fair minded in his personal touches about proclivities of his real life characters while weaving the magnitude of their decisions into the fabric of American History.News reports about Supreme Court activity will never look the same again.
- Mildly informative but obviously biased2.5 stars.
This is a pretty average treatment of the Supreme Court. It's mildly entertaining but obviously biased. I can live with that but the treatment of the Court and the Justices just seemed kind of superficial and "tabloid-ish." It was more like reading People Magazine than a serious book about the Court. I was left with the feeling that the book cheapens its subject and, as someone who has a great deal on interest in, and respect for, both the Court and the law, I found that distasteful. ... Read More
- A Disappointment Lacking Any of the Insight It PromisedThe cover of Mr. Toobin's book proclaims loudly "Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court", but what the reader receives in page after dull, dry page is a rehash of cases the court has heard since the 1950s. This book might be a good read for law students on summer break with nothing else to do, but what I expected would be a behind-the-scenes look into the personal and professional dynamics of the Supreme Court members, their little known traditions, personalities and secret deliberations was non existent. ... Read More
