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1、HENITHEJECRERLDoftheSUPREMECOURTJeffreyU.S.$27.95/Canada$35.95"AMAJORACHIEVEMENT,LUCIDANDPROBING."-BOBWOODWARD,COAUTHOROFTHEBRETHRENBestsellingauthorJeffreyToobintakesyouintothechambersofthemostimportant—andsecret—legalbodyinourcountry,theSupremeCourt,andrevealsthecomplexdynamic
2、amongtheninepeoplewhodecidethelawoftheland.Justintimeforthe2008presidentialelection—wherethefutureoftheCourtwillbeatstake—Toobinrevealsaninstitutionatamomentoftransition,whendecadesofconservativedisgustwiththeCourthavefinallyproducedaconservativemajority,withmajorchangesinstoreo
3、nsuchissuesasabortion,civilrights,presidentialpower,andchurch-staterelations.Basedonexclusiveinterviewswiththejusticesthemselves,TheNinetellsthestoryoftheCourtthroughpersonalities—fromAnthonyKennedy'soverwhelmingsenseofself-importancetoClarenceThomas'swell-tendedgrievancesagains
4、thiscriticstoDavidSouter'soddnineteenth-centurylifestyle.Thereisalso,forthefirsttime,thefullbehind-the-scenes(continuedonbackflap)(continuedfromfrontflap)storyofBushv.Gore—andSandraDayO'Connor'sfatefulbreachwithGeorgeW.Bush,thepresidentshehelpedplaceinoffice.TheNineisthebookJeff
5、reyToobinwasborntowrite.Heisabestsellingauthor,aCNNseniorlegalanalyst,andNewYorkerstaffwriter.Nooneismoresuperblyqualifiedtoprofiletheninejustices."THISISAREMARKABLE,RIVETINGBOOK.SOGREATARETOOBIN'SNARRATIVESKILLSTHATBOTHTHEJUSTICESANDTHEIRINNERWORLDAREBROUGHTVIVIDLYTOLIFE."-DORI
6、SKEARNSGOODWINJEFFREYTOOBINistheauthorofsuchbestsellersasTooClosetoCall,AVastConspiracy,andTheRunofHisLife.HeliveswithhisfamilyinNewYorkCity.www.doubleday.comJacketdesignbJohnFulbrookIIIJacketphotographÇPNC/JupiterImagesAuthorphotographJ2007CableNewsNetwork.ATimeWarnerCompam.Al
7、lRightsReserved.Printedinthel.S.A.THENINEALSOBYJEFFREYTOOBINOpeningArguments:AYoungLawyer'sFirstCase—UnitedStatesv.OliverNorthTheRunofHisLife:ThePeoplev.0.J.SimpsonAVastConspiracy:TheRealStoryoftheSexScandalThatNearlyBroughtDownaPresidentTooClosetoCall:TheThirty-Six-DayBattletoD
8、ecidethe2000ElectionTHENINEInsidetheSecretWorld