Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court

Lazarus, Edward

ISBN 10: 0143035274 / ISBN 13: 9780143035275

Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143035274
• ISBN 13: 9780143035275
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

When Closed Chambers was first published, it was met with a firestorm of controversy—as well as a shower of praise—for being the first book to break the code of silence about the inner workings of this country’s most powerful court. In this eloquent, trailblazing account, with a new chapter covering Bush v. Gore, Guantanamo, and other recent controversial court decisions, Edward Lazarus, who served as a clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun, presents a searing indictment of a court at war with itself and often in neglect of its constitutional duties. Combining memoir, history, and legal analysis, Lazarus reveals in astonishing detail the realities of what takes place behind the closed doors of the U.S. Supreme Court—an institution that through its rulings holds the power to affect the life of every American.

About the Author

Edward Lazarus is the author of Black Hills, White Justice. He writes regularly for national publications including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Atlantic Monthly. A former federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, Lazarus is currently in private practice in California.