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9781586488352

The Supreme Court A C-SPAN Book, Featuring the Justices in their Own Words

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  • ISBN13:

    9781586488352

  • ISBN10:

    158648835X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-05-04
  • Publisher: PublicAffairs

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Summary

This singular collection of original interviews with all nine sitting Supreme Court justices plus retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor--as well as reporters, attorneys, and historians--gives readers a rare window into the nation's highest court and those who serve there.

Author Biography

Brian Lamb is C-SPAN's founding CEO and chairman and longtime on-camera interviewer. Lamb lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Susan Swain is President & co-Chief Operating Officer of C-SPAN. For more than twenty-five years, she has been an on-air interviewer for the program. A regular moderator of Washington Journal, she's interviewed hundreds of members of Congress, policy experts, journalists and several presidents. She lives in Northern Virginia.

Mark Farkas has been involved in C-SPAN feature productions for a quarter-century. In addition to his projects on the U.S. Capitol and the White House, Farkas was executive producer for C-SPAN's 1999-2000 Peabody Award-winning series "American Presidents: Life Portraits;" the 1998 "Alexis deTocqueville Tour," and 1994's "Lincoln-Douglas Debates."

Table of Contents

Introductionp. ix
The Justices
Chief Justice John Robertsp. 3
John Paul Stevensp. 34
Antonin Scaliap. 53
Anthony Kennedyp. 68
Clarence Thomasp. 85
Ruth Bader Ginsburgp. 106
Stephen Breyerp. 122
Samuel Alitop. 149
Sonia Sotomayorp. 165
Sandra Day O'Connor (Retired)p. 182
Supreme Court Experts
Reporter, USA Todayp. 199
Former Solicitor Generalp. 220
Reporter, SCOTUS Blogp. 244
Attorney and Former Supreme Court Law Clerkp. 277
A Supreme Court Historianp. 297
Clerk of the Supreme Courtp. 322
Supplementary Material
Biographies of the Justicesp. 341
Members of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-2010p. 348
Recent C-SPAN Surveys of Public Awareness of the Supreme Courtp. 352
Number of Supreme Court Petitions and Arguments Heard, 1980-2008p. 358
C-SPAN Requests for Same-Day Release of Oral Argumentsp. 359
Excerpt from the Opinion Marbury v. Madisonp. 361
Biography of John Marshall, the "Great Chief"p. 368
Indexp. 371
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