The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America

"Superbly well written . . . a wonderfully informative guide to the Supreme Court both past and present."-David J. Garrow, American History

Jeffrey Rosen recounts the history of the Supreme Court through the personal and philosophical rivalries that have transformed the law-and by extension, our lives. With studies of four crucial conflicts-Chief Justice John Marshall and President Thomas Jefferson; post-Civil War justices John Marshall Harlan and Oliver Wendell Holmes; liberal icons Hugo Bl...