The other side was either asleep at the switch, or simply ineffective. However, Toobin’s book was written 15 years ago and Alito started planning 37 years ago. Toobin’s book was a call to action for those on the other side. The obvious political agenda of Supreme Court Justices with unchecked power is frightening. Alito was focused as early as 1985, as a young lawyer, on figuring out how to make the most of opportunities “to advance the goals of bringing about the eventual overruling of Roe”. Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court in the Dobbs case that overturned Roe. …Now, with great suddenness … they are very close to total control.”

In The Oath, this process reaches its culmination in the extreme, radical right wing, Roberts court with its dismissal of decades of precedent in favor of an 'originalist' claim to divine and implement the true intentions of the Founding Fathers. End racial preferences intended to assist African-Americans. In the Nine, we see this taking shape as a relatively balanced court starts to move to the right. “ powerful conservative rebellion against the Court … a remarkable ideological offensive … agenda has remained largely the same over the decades. Find all available study guides and summaries for The Nine Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin. Toobin predicts the future, predicts the current day, writing of In any event, a really informative and interesting read. Distressing to no end surprising, not really a roadmap for reform, maybe. In his 2007 book, Jeffrey Toobin provided the backstory for this summer’s historic overturning of Roe and the cementing of the conservative political agenda on the Supreme Court. The Nine - Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, by Jeffery Toobin (2007)

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