Nine Black Robes

Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences

De: Joan Biskupic

Narrado por: Kirsten Potter

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Wow

This was very interesting! It gave great insight into what the justices do! I learned a lot!

Another 3 star effort from Biskupic

As a lawyer who watches the Court closely more out of personal interest than work, I read most of Biskupic’s work. This one keeps up a consistent streak of meh. There is almost nothing in here that you don’t already know if you watch the court at all. She provides excessive background and does not make good choices about anecdotes worth delving deeply into. She often veers off into stories from the Justices backgrounds that just aren’t interesting. While the media holds her out as more of an objective “just the facts” reporter, she is not. Her bias to the left is a notch or two above subtle. Having said all this, it’s definitely a worthwhile read for a non lawyer unfamiliar with the Court. She gets the facts mostly right and her writing style is clear and accessible. You can definitely learn a lot from this book too if you know nothing about the modern Court. If someone asked me for one book to get a good feel for the Roberts Court, this would be it.

Interesting but slanted

Was a nice overview of the court in recent years. However, the author had a specific view (very negative slant) of recent actions. I would have preferred a more balanced approach to better explain arguments on both sides so we understood better why they differed so greatly.

The decimation of settled law.

The clear and relentless truth told by the author of the radicalization of the Supreme Court.

Excellent Source on the Supreme Court of Today

Great narrative about how Donald Trump and the Right have hijacked the Supreme Court, and how their decisions of today will also have a devastating impact on future generations.