The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court pdf 鲍勃·伍德沃德
The Brethren is the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action.
Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secrecy to give us an unprecedented view of the Chief and Associate Justices maneuvering, arguing, politicking, compromising, and making decisions that affect every major area of American life.
"This book has two sponsors, Benjamin C. Bradlee, the executive editor of The Washington Post, and Richard Snyder, president of Simon and Schuster. Without their support and encouragement this book would have been impossible. No other newspaper editor or book publisher would have been as willing to assume the risks inherent in a detailed examination of an independendent branch of government whose authority, traditions and protocols have put it beyond the reach of journalism. At Simon and Schuster, we also owe special thanks to Sophie Sorkin, Frank Metz, Edward Schneider, Wayne Kirn, Gwen Edelman, Alberta Harbutt, Joni Evans, Harriet Ripinsky. To Alice Mayhew, our editor, we give our respect and affection for her constant support and guidance as she nurtured this book to completion. At The Washington Post we also thank Katharine Graham, Donald Graham, Howard Simons, the late Laurence Stern, Elizabeth Shelton, Julia Lee, Carol Leggett, Lucia New, Rita Buxbaum, Adam Dobrin."