CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Prologue: The Oaths

PART ONE

  1. The Politician’s Path

  2. “On Behalf of the Strong in Opposition to the Weak”

  3. The Era of Good Feelings

  4. The Legacy of Appendix E

  5. The Ballad of Lilly Ledbetter

  6. The War Against Precedent

PART TWO

  7. The Hunter

  8. Lawyers, Guns, and Money

  9. The Unrequited Bipartisanship of Barack Obama

10. Wise Latina

PART THREE

11. Money Talks

12. Samuel Alito’s Question

13. The Rookie

14. The Ninety-Page Swan Song of John Paul Stevens

15. “With All Due Deference to Separation of Powers”

PART FOUR

16. The Retired Justices Dissent

17. Softball Politics

18. The Tea Party and the Justice’s Wife

19. The Thomas Court

20. “Democracy Is Not a Game”

PART FIVE

21. “You Should Do It”

22. Broccoli

23. The “Effective” Argument

Epilogue: The Roberts Court

Illustrations

Other Books by This Author

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Photo Credits

About the Author