The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court

A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction

From the moment Chief Justice Roberts botched Barack Obama's oath of office, the relationship between the Court and the White House has been a fraught one. Grappling with issues as diverse as campaign finance, abortion, and the right to bear arms, the Roberts court has put itself squarely at the center of American political life. Jeffrey Toobin brilliantly portrays key personalities and cases and shows how the President was fatally slow to realize the importance of the judicial branch to his agenda. Combining incisive legal analysis with riveting insider details, The Oath is an essential guide to understanding the Supreme Court of our interesting times.

Author: Jeffrey Toobin
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 06/04/2013
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.46w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780307390714
ISBN10: 0307390713
BISAC Categories:
- Law | Legal History
- Law | Courts | General
- Political Science | American Government | Judicial Branch

About the Author
Jeffrey Toobin is the bestselling author of The Nine, Too Close to Call, A Vast Conspiracy, and The Run of His Life. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the senior legal analyst at CNN. He lives with his family in New York.