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co-wrote with fellow political correspondent Carl Bernstein, Woodward has cemented his reputation on sensationalizing subjects that have been historically off-limits to the journalism profession such as the Oval Office.
Following up on his earlier critical and popular success, Woodward, this time teamed with Scott Armstrong, took careful aim at another sacred cow, the U.S. Supreme Court in his massive,
1979 volume, The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court, which covered "the first seven years of Warren E. Burgers tenure as Chief Justice of the United States" (p. 2). Woodward
was provided with what had been an unprecedented access to confidential documents pertaining to Court cases as well as the squabbles that took place behind closed doors while deciding them.
The authors waste no time in celebrating their larger than life topic and its lofty eminence: "Virtually every issue of significance in American society eventually arrives at the Supreme Court...
[For] nearly two hundred years, the Court has made its decisions in absolute secrecy, handing down its judgments in formal written opinions. Only these opinions, final and unreviewable, are
published" (p. 1). The stage has now been officially set for a no-holds-barred approach to the Supreme Court, as the American public has never seen before or since.
The major issues the Court wrestled with are considered in great detail, and include abortion, busing, racial integration and censorship. But what distinguishes this from other books on the
Supreme Court is the way in which it presents the relationships between the 14 Justices, which is often contentious and downright catty. What this illustrates is that Supreme Court
opinions are more than the culmination of intensive research. The personalities of the Court members significantly influence outcomes. Government cannot exist in concept alone; it relies upon human
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