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Storm center : the Supreme Court in American politics /

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In this engaging and illuminating narrative of the Supreme Court, David M. O'Brien shows students how the Court is a "storm center" of political controversy, where personality, politics, law and justice come together to help determine the course of public policy and shape the society...

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Main Author: O'Brien, David M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton and Company, [2020]
Edition:Twelfth edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Judicial process > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • A struggle for power
  • The cult of the robe
  • Life in the marble temple
  • Deciding what to decide
  • Deciding cases and writing opinions
  • The court and American life.