Courtwatchers

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"In the first Supreme Court history told primarily through eyewitness accounts from Court insiders, Clare Cushman provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the people, practices, and traditions that have shaped an American institution for more than 200 years.This entertaining and enlightening tour of the Supreme Court's colorful personalities and inner workings will be of interest to all readers of American political and legal history"-- "In the first Supreme Court history told primarily through eyewitness accounts from Court insiders, Clare Cushman provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the people, practices, and traditions that have shaped an American institution for more than two hundred years. This entertaining and enlightening tour of the Supreme Court's colorful personalities and inner workings will be of interest to all readers of American political and legal history"--

subjects: Judges,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Judicial Branch,  Officials and employees,  History,  United States. Supreme Court,  Clerks of court,  United States,  Judicial process,  Selection and appointment,  United states, supreme court,  United states, officials and employees,  United states, officials and employees, selection and appointment

Places: United States