The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court
Written by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong
Narrated by Holter Graham
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secrecy to give us an unprecedented view of the Chief and Associate Justices—maneuvering, arguing, politicking, compromising, and making decisions that affect every major area of American life.
Bob Woodward
DR BOB WOODWARD was born in 1947 in Gloucester, United Kingdom. Having studied at state and Steiner schools, he became a co-worker at the Sheiling School in Thornbury, a centre of the Camphill Community, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925). He remained within the Camphill Movement for some forty years, teaching children with special educational needs, retiring in 2012. He took a special interest in understanding autism in children and young people. At the age of 46, Bob received an MEd degree from Bristol University, followed by an MPhil at the age of 50 and a PhD from the University of the West of England at the age of 64. As well as being a qualified educator, he is a spiritual healer and the author of several books, including Knowledge of Spirit Worlds, Journeying Into Spirit Worlds and Karma in Human Life. He has been married for some 46 years and has five grown-up children and currently ten grandchildren.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It was a little hard to follow at times because of the way that different cases overlap chronologically, but overall I appreciated this look at how the Supreme Court functions on the inside. Suffice to say there's a lot more politicking than one would expect of people chosen for their legal expertise. I would be curious to know how things are similar or different today because my understanding is that Antonin Scalia forced the court to become more technically adept in making its decisions, but I wouldn't be surprised to find out that despite that, many of the decisions come down to the same kind of contention and compromising that is portrayed here.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My only complaint is that the book had to end. I’m currently a law student, and this book provided so much backstory into the civil rights era Court. It allowed me to better understand many landmark decisions. But even if it hadn’t been useful as a student, I still would have loved it.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I I can’t say that I love the book I appreciated it for the truth that you told author Bob Woodward is accurate in his journalism and a trustworthy news source in this document she discussed three of the efforts of the Supreme Court of the workings of the Supreme Court during an excited for your ministration it was a sad time in our judicial history and it began a long process of decline in the projections we were counting on the Supreme Court to offer so it is a worthy read it is difficult at times and it’s hard to imagine that things are any different now than these events that occurred back in a year in the 70s and again I can’t say I did or didn’t love it. But my understanding of the gamesmanship ship of the power elite will be important each time I enter the ballot box.