A review by auntie_social
The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court by Bob Woodward, Scott Armstrong

5.0

Just an amazingly interesting and absorbing look at the inner machinations of the Burger court. Was Burger evil or just incompetent? Maybe both? Includes the early days of Rehnquist, back when he was the young, vaguely groovy, eats-lunch-outdoors-with-his-clerks Justice. Thurgood Marshall is both highly admirable and a crackup throughout ("What's shakin' chiefy baby?") The timeframe includes some very famous and important cases-- the biggest of which is Roe v. Wade. I can't say enough good things about this book, but I'm a SCOUTS junkie.