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Greenburg, Jan Crawford.

Supreme conflict : the inside story of the struggle for the control of the United States Supreme Court / the inside story of the struggle for the control of the United States Supreme Court / Jan Crawford Greenburg. - New York : Penguin USA, 2008. - 354 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

This edition with a new afterword published in Penguin books in 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Day's end -- Settling for Tony -- False hopes -- The devil you don't -- "The youngest, cruelest justice" -- Change of heart -- The Clinton way -- The natural -- "Except he's not a woman" -- "Trust me" -- Deconstructing Miers -- A full count.

Discusses recent ideological shifts within the Supreme Court, profiles controversial judges, and analyzes the changing role of judicial power in American government.

ISBN: 9780143113041 0143113046

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Supreme Court --Officials and employees--Selection and appointment--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Judges--Selection and appointment--History.--United States
Political questions and judicial power--United States.

LC Class. No.: KF8742 / .G74

Dewey Class. No.: 347.73/2634