Description |
xviii, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Pt. 1. The justices : Chief Justice John Roberts -- John Paul Stevens -- Antonin Scalia -- Anthony Kennedy -- Clarence Thomas -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- Stephen Breyer -- Samuel Alito -- Sonia Sotomayor -- Sandra Day O'connor (retired) -- Pt. 2. Supreme Court experts : Joan Biskupic, reporter, USA Today -- Drew Days III, former Solicitor general -- Lyle Denniston, reporter, SCOTUS blog -- Maureen Mahoney, attorney and former Supreme Court law clerk -- James B. O'Hara, Supreme Court historian -- William Suter, Clerk of the Supreme Court -- Pt. 3. Supplementary material : Biographies of the justices -- Members of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-2010 -- Recent C-SPAN surveys of public awareness of the Supreme Court -- Number of Supreme Court petitions and arguments heard, 1980-2008 -- C-SPAN requests for same-day release of oral arguments -- Excerpt from the opinion Marbury v. Madison -- Biography of John Marshall, the "Great Chief" |
Notes |
Includes index |
Subject |
United States. Supreme Court -- History.
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United States. Supreme Court.
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Judges -- United States -- Interviews.
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Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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Author |
Farkas, Mark.
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Lamb, Brian, 1941-
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Swain, Susan.
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LC no. |
2010005270 |
ISBN |
158648835X (hbk.) |
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9781586488352 (hbk.) |
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