The Brethren by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong
             The Brethren is expose written by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong about the supreme court during the years 1969 -1975, when the country was going thru the Watergate controversy, abortion rights, carrying out the desegreation act, and deciding to allow the death penalty. As you read through the Brethren you see the Supreme Court without their robes. You go into the conference room and hear every remark whether idiotic or heroic. Astonishingly you see that sometimes the most important cases are voted unanimously because of switching sides so they may recieve the power of majority, or trying not to get on the disfactory side of the Chief. The Brethren illustrares how the supreme court works and the many maladroit ways it doesn't.You get to discover dissents, opinons and the famous memorandums which is the second language of the court. The book start off with the ending the Warren Court who tried cases on racial discrimination, banned prayers from public schoools and fought to give constitutional guarntees to african-americans, poor people and communists. Th Chief Burger tried to out top. Nixon's prequistres for Chief Justice was to fulfill his campaign promise (when the court is supposed to be stare decisis ), to have clearly defined views, an experienced jdge, reliable and to top it off predictable plus it seemed like he wanted to fill the court with right wings. The book bascially tells the decisions and nuts and bolts of the court. Among Chief Justice Burger through the years there was Harlan, White, Stewart, Marshall, Black, Douglas,Rehnquist, Powell, Brennan, Fortas and Stewart. Each with their own personality and agenda.We see Justices compromising and neogiting and worst of all policting. Burger tried to make the court lean forwards his right wing agenda. sometimes sacraficing the courts intergerity and reputation to do so. He would take on opinons that he was not in majori...