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Toobins analysis in these pages is helpful for readers looking for a onestop overview of the court, but the oath also relies, heavily at times, on the work of journalists from the. University of richmond ur scholarship repository law faculty publications school of law spring 20 the oath. Toobin writes about the high court as well as anyone living. During the irancontra affair, he served as an associate counsel in the department of justice, and moved from law into writing during the 1990s toobin has written several books, including an account of the o. The obama white house and the supreme court, written by liberal american lawyer, author and legal analyst for cnn, jeffrey toobin, provides an insiders view of the ideological conflict between supreme court chief justice john roberts and conservative jurisprudence and the policies of the obama administration. The obama white house and the supreme court by jeffrey toobin. The obama white house and the supreme court is for political, and governmental, junkies those of us who simply cannot get enough of the fascinating interpersonal dynamics that shape so much of what goes on at the top levels of government.
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