Copyright © 2012 by Jeffrey Toobin
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
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A portion of this work was previously published in slightly different form in The New Yorker.
Jacket design by John Fulbrook III
Jacket photographs: President Obama © Kwaku Alston/Corbis Outline;
Justice Roberts © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images;
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Toobin, Jeffrey.
The oath : the Obama White House and the Supreme Court / Jeffrey Toobin.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. United States. Supreme Court—History—21st century. 2. United States—Politics and government—2009– 3. Constitutional history—United States. 4. Political questions and judicial power—United States—History—21st century. 5. Obama, Barack. 6. Roberts, John G., 1955– I. Title.
KF8742.T66 2012
347.73′26090512—dc23 2012029205
eISBN: 978-0-385-53630-1
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