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In seven pages this book report on Jeffrey Toobin’s The Nine includes a discussion of theme, particularly interesting part of the text, and considers whether or not the political alignment in America is changing. There are no other sources listed in the bibliography.
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made most roads impassible, Justice Antonin Scalia, worrying he and fellow justice Anthony Kennedy would be late, said to the driver who had stopped for a red light, "By the
power vested in me, I authorize you to run these lights! to which Justice Kennedy cautioned his colleague, "Nino... we dont have the power to run a red light" (Toobin
121). This, in the opinion of lawyer, author, and CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, is the essence of the United States Supreme Court. In his fascinating 2007 text,
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, Toobin probes the inner workings of the most influential assemblage of people in the United States. They have complete
job security and complete freedom to interpret the U.S. Constitution and its applicability to case law. Their decisions establish precedents and determine the future course of American jurisprudence.
Despite their autonomy, the Supreme Court justices are human beings with their own failings and agendas. As a whole, they are supposed to be above political pettiness, and yet
they are political appointees who usually reflect the views of the President who nominates them. The aforementioned exchange reveals the ideological camps in which the Supreme Court justices typically
align themselves - usually in either liberal or conservative extremes, which Antonin Scalia (appointed by Ronald Reagan), an ultraconservative, represents. However, there are also Justices that, during their tenure
on the High Court bench, move more towards a centrist or moderate position, as exemplified by Anthony Kennedy (interestingly, also appointed by Reagan). He is acutely aware that in
order for American democracy to work, the system of checks and balances must remain in place. Whenever extremist positions threaten to tilt the Court in a particular direction, it
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