Shelf 2 of 7 · Behind the Curtain
The Modern Court, from the Inside
The Court behind the curtain, from the Burger years to today — the leak-driven exposés, the clerk memoirs, and the studies of the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts.
Woodward, Bob, and Scott Armstrong. The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court. 1979.
Lazarus, Edward. Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside the Supreme Court. 1998.
Savage, David G. Turning Right: The Making of the Rehnquist Supreme Court. 1992.
Simon, James F. The Center Holds: The Power Struggle Inside the Rehnquist Court. 1995.
Toobin, Jeffrey. The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court. 2007.
Toobin, Jeffrey. The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court. 2012.
Biskupic, Joan. Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court’s Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences. 2023.
Coyle, Marcia. The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution. 2013.
Tribe, Laurence, and Joshua Matz. Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution. 2014.
McFeatters, Ann Carey. Sandra Day O’Connor: Justice in the Balance. 2005.
Kaplan, David A. The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court in the Age of Trump. 2018.
Kairys, David. Law with Liberty and Justice for Some: A Critique of the Conservative Supreme Court.
Schwartz, Bernard. The New Right and the Constitution: Turning Back the Legal Clock.
Vladeck, Stephen I. The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic. 2023.
Litman, Leah. Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes. 2025.
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