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Jeffery Toobin The Nine Part 1 Summary

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India Ross
Mr. Jones
AP US Government
30 September 2014

Jeffery Toobin's The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, takes the time to take us inside the Supreme Court, in which is known as one of the most secretive bodies of the government. This specific book The Nine creates connections and images by beginning with covering basic information around the Supreme Court in which for an example after the vote of Roe v. Wade 1973 was an illustration of a liberal judicial vote. Also, according to article "Jeffery Toobin's The Nine-- Part 1" it states that "drawing heavily on interviews with some (unnamed) justices and lots of law clerks, Toobin aims to provide an insider's account of the Supreme Court over the past two decades." Jeffery …show more content…

What he means by isn't generally known is things that happens behind closed doors and aren't exposed to the world. He's looking for ways to show the Supreme Courts's actions. His work itself represents a positive tone, in which presenting information discussing decisions of SCOTUS. The information he informed us on was SCOTUS decisions and affairs out of its own general public eyes. For an plain example: Toobin's presenting, of SCOTUS poker games, is a great explanation of the title of this novel because the poker games, is something that those individuals who are close to the participants would only have a clue / any idea about what your talking …show more content…

In comparing The Nine and The Supreme Court, Rosen and the steps he followed made his work quite more efficient than Toobin's. Rosen did an outstanding job in accomplishing his goals for the novel. With this being stated, Rosen was more direct with his goal, while Toobin had more supportive details around his main focus/idea. Toobin on the other hand work was good but really wasn't as clear and focused as Rosen's. From Toobin's perspective he was more focus on to taking the reader/ and or audience inside the Supreme Court, seeking to see the Supreme Court's scams. Since most of his interest was in the personal lives of justices, it soon began to show alliances to political parties by justices. For a prime example, when the news station announced that Gore would become president, O'Connor was upset as "she wanted to retire Phoenix, but Sandra wouldn't hand her seat to a Democratic president"(Toobin). This specific quote implies in the agreement with Rosen. The definition of that quote simply means that decisions of Justices could be dependent on the same political faction such as how numerous of other Americans are separated by. On the other hand however, Rosen covered SCOTUS, alliances, and personal opinions/ beliefs wonderfully. The Nine and The Supreme Court goals were both similar to one another. Toobin's discussion of the Secret World inside of the Supreme Court and Rosen's discussion of Personalities and

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