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Simon & Schuster, July 2005
Trade Paperback, 592 pages
ISBN-10: 0743274024
ISBN-13: 9780743274029
Description
The Brethren is the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action. Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secrecy to give us an unprecedented view of the Chief and Associate Justices -- maneuvering, arguing, politicking, compromising and making decisions that affect every major area of American life.
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Browse Inside Brethren"Explosive...The most controversial book on the Supreme Court yet written."
-- Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Fascinating. The pace is swift, with details that rivet the attention."
-- The Washington Post Book World
"A provocative book about a hallowed institution...It is the most comprehensive inside story ever written of the most important court in the world. For this reason alone it is required reading."
-- BusinessWeek
"It is to the credit of Woodward and Armstrong that they were willing -- and able -- to shatter this conspiracy of silence. It is certainly in the highest tradition of investigative journalism."
-- Saturday Review
"One hell of a reporting achievement."
-- The Village Voice
"The year's best political book."
-- New York Post
The New Republic Online, May 5, 2011
...relations. Individual justices, for example, may want to alter the institution: Richard Davis’s new book reports that Bob Woodward thought that Justice Potter Stewart (a major source for Woodward’s book The Brethren ) “almost hoped ...
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