
Closed chambers: the first eyewitness account of the epic struggles inside the Supreme Court
Law and crime, Laws and statutes
Human-narrated audio
Summary
The author, a Supreme Court law clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun in 1988-89, recounts the methods and procedures the justices use in arriving at a decision. Now a federal prosecutor, Lazarus contends that politics has taken the place of debate… and compromise. He analyzes court cases to illustrate his concerns. 1998.