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The Chief : the life and turbulent times of Chief Justice John Roberts / Joan Biskupic.
Biskupic, Joan author.
2019
KF8745.R6 A3 2019 (Map It)
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Author
Biskupic, Joan author.
Title
The Chief : the life and turbulent times of Chief Justice John Roberts / Joan Biskupic.
Published
New York : Basic Books, [2019]
Call Number
KF8745.R6 A3 2019
ISBN
9780465093274 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0465093272
Description
ix, 421 pages : facsimile ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1043580764
Summary
"An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so far. John Roberts was named to the Supreme Court in 2005 claiming he would act as a neutral umpire in deciding cases. His critics argue he has been anything but, pointing to his conservative victories on voting rights and campaign finance. Yet he broke from orthodoxy in his decision to preserve Obamacare. How are we to understand the motives of the most powerful judge in the land? In The Chief, award-winning journalist Joan Biskupic contends that Roberts is torn between two, often divergent, priorities: to carry out a conservative agenda, and to protect the Court's image and his place in history. Biskupic shows how Roberts's dual commitments have fostered distrust among his colleagues, with major consequences for the law. Trenchant and authoritative, The Chief reveals the making of a justice and the drama on this nation's highest court." -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Roberts, John G., 1955- author. Chief New York : Basic Books, [2019] 9780465093281 (DLC) 2018039671
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Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
From Lancashire to Wonder Street
The education of John Roberts
Hearing the call
"May it please the court"
The stand out
The right place
Blacks, whites, and brown
Fusion of ideology and politics
A switch in time
Roberts and race : "the nation is no longer divided along those lines"
Control on a divided court
An open seat in an election year
Roberts court in the Trump era.

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