NewMexiKen received a copy of Jeffrey Toobin’s The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Toobin tells the story (tells the stories might be a better way of putting it) of the recent Supreme Court. Though he writes about the legal issues before the Court, it’s as much the story of the nine individuals who served as justices from 1994-2005 and the succession that took place in 2005-2006. (Eleven years is the longest that nine justices have ever served together.) Justice O’Connor has the leading role. It’s a readable, well-written, well-paced book.
The Nine was on many lists as one of the best nonfiction books of last year.