"Closed Chambers"

Analytical Essay # 6415

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Political Science > U.S.

"Closed Chambers"

A book review of "Closed Chambers - The Rise, Fall and Future of the Modern Supreme Court" by Edward Lazarus.

3,510 words () | 0 sources | MLA | 2002 United States

Paper Summary:

This is a college level book review essay which discusses the inner workings of the Supreme Court as told from one of its own. Edward Lazarus was a clerk for Judge Blackmun and got to see first hand, exactly what goes on in the U.S. Supreme Court.

From the Paper:

"Prior to my reading of Edward Lazarus' Closed Chambers (New York: Penguin Books, 1998), I held your typical first year law student ideals about the prestige and lawfulness of those unselfish caretakers of the United States Constitution, more commonly referred to as our United States Supreme Court Justices. That is, I believed that there was no political spin or other tempting thought which could provoke a Supreme Court Justice to venture off his/her path of maintaining the integrity of our Constitution and our judicial system. However, by the time I finished reading this book, Edward Lazarus had me doubting my idealistic beliefs in this regard."