Scalia: A Court of One
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (511 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743296494 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 656 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Not a terrible read, but the author did sort of plod pjdelamar Not a terrible read, but the author did sort of plod along through the court terms. My biggest problem with the book was that I detected two significant factual errors I recognized as a casual reader. The first was that Murphy refers to Justice James Clark McReynolds as "William McReynolds." The second is that he refers to Charles Evans Hughes's vote as the one that changed the direction of the court in the mid-1930's when in fact it was Justice Owen Roberts whose "switch in time saved nine."One wonders how many other times the author missed the mark. It's hard to believe those are the only two.. The best scholar of all time! Without any doubt this man was one of the greatest minds ever to sit on the Supreme Court. I pray we can find more like him before the liberals completely destroy my beloved country.. Dpt said Five star. Great book about a great man. Couldn't put it down and if I did it came with me whereever I went until it was finished
It provides an insightful analysis of Scalia’s role on a Court that, like him, has moved well to the political right, losing public support and ignoring public criticism. In four short years there, he successfully outmaneuvered the more senior Robert Bork to be appointed to the Supreme Court in 1986.Scalia’s evident legal brilliance and personal magnetism led everyone to predict he would unite a new conservative majority under Chief Justice William Rehnquist and change American law in the process. He attacked and alienated his more moderate colleagues Sandra Day O’Connor, then David Souter, and finally Anthony Kennedy. But Bruce Allen Murphy shows that Scalia’s judicial conservatism is informed as much by his highly traditional
Murphy details Scalia’s behind-the-scenes angling to push himself as the leading advocate for originalism and to get on the Supreme Court. From Booklist *Starred Review* Though he is widely considered the most outspoken and controversial member of the Supreme Court, Scalia has seen his influence on the court and his colleagues suffer because of those very characteristics. But his scathing critiques set him at odds with conservatives, most notably Sandra Day O’Connor, pushing many to the cent