Marble Palace Supreme Court

Courtiers of the marble palace is the first systematic examination of the clerkship institution the web of formal and informal norms and rules surrounding the hiring and utilization of law clerks by the individual justices on the united states supreme court.

Marble palace supreme court.

The politicization of the court has put ideologues in control of the appointment and confirmation process and these ideologues don t want great justices. Todd peppers provides an unprecedented view into the work lives of and day to day. Courtiers of the marble palace is the first systematic examination of the clerkship institution the web of formal and informal norms and rules surrounding the hiring and utilization of law clerks by the individual justices on the united states supreme court. Sadly justice ginsburg will probably be the last of these great giants to sit in the court s marble palace for some time.

The supreme court does not appear however to be willing to allow individual judges in cherry picked districts to set immigration policy for the united states as a whole absent the clear illegality of an administration decision. Battle for the marble palace tells a very important story with fresh insight and perspective about a time when a sinkhole first developed at the busy intersection of politics and the judiciary stephen wermiel former supreme court reporter at the wall street journal co author justice brennan. The supreme court building houses the supreme court of the united states completed in 1935 it is in washington d c. Abe fortas earl warren lyndon johnson richard nixon read more i write about the supreme court white collar crime and politics.

At 1 first street ne in the block immediately east of the united states capitol the building is managed by the architect of the capitol on may 4 1987 the supreme court building was designated a national historic landmark. Battle for the marble palace is a brilliant evocation of a critical moment in the court s history combining political biography legal analysis and insider reporting that will be sure to resonate with the next supreme court nomination thomas brom former senior editor california lawyer magazine. I am the author of battle for the marble palace. Todd peppers provides an unprecedented view into the work lives of and day to day.

The long and winding road to the marble palace.