The Chief : the life and turbulent times of Chief Justice John Roberts / John Roberts, Joan Biskupic.

New York : Basic Books, 2019.

1st edition

89327

Roberts, John G., -- Jr., -- 1955-.

United States. -- Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography.

United States. -- Supreme Court -- History.

Judges -- United States -- Biography.

I. From Lancashire to Wonder Street

II. The education of John Roberts

III. Hearing the call

IV. May it please the court

V. The standout

VI. The right place

VII Blacks, whites and brown

VIII. Politics and money

IX. A switch in time

X. Divided by race

XI. A fractured court

XII. An open seat

XIII. The Roberts court in the Trump era.

An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so far John Roberts was named to the Supreme Court in 2005 claiming he would act as a neutral umpire in deciding cases. His critics argue he has been anything but, pointing to his conservative victories on voting rights and campaign finance. Yet he broke from orthodoxy in his decision to preserve Obamacare. How are we to understand the motives of the most powerful judge in the land? In The Chief, award-winning journalist Joan Biskupic contends that Roberts is torn between two, often divergent, priorities: to carry out a conservative agenda, and to protect the Court's image and his place in history. Biskupic shows how Roberts's dual commitments have fostered distrust among his colleagues, with major consequences for the law. Trenchant and authoritative, The Chief reveals the making of a justice and the drama on this nation's highest court. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780465093274

ix, 421 p. ; 25 cm