The Obama White House and the Supreme Court: from The Oath

Authors: Toobin, Jeffrey
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: POL042020, LAW018000, POL040030
ISBN: 9780525433767, Related ISBNs: 0525433767, 9780525433767
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 24,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: A Vintage Shorts Selection

The bestselling and prizewinning author of The Nine and American Heiress tells the dramatic and gripping insider’s story of the momentous ideological war fought between the Obama White House and the Supreme Court.

President Obama and Chief Justice Roberts could not be more different. Obama, a legal conservative grappling with the second amendment among other issues, believes in the close interpretation of the Constitution, incremental change, and pragmatism over ideology. But, for Roberts the law is all about winning. And, from the moment he botched Obama’s oath of office in 2009, the relationship between the Court and the White House has been fraught.

This is essential history that unravels the forces that have shaped the Roberts Court over the last eight years. The nation is preparing to vote for its next president, and it bears remembering that the future of the Supreme Court will also be on the ballot.

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