| 词条 | The Brethren (book) |
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| italic title = | name = The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court | image = Woodward brethren.jpg | alt = | caption = | author = Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong | audio_read_by = | title_orig = | orig_lang_code = | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | release_number = | subject = Supreme Court of the United States | publisher = Simon & Schuster | pub_date = 1979 | media_type = | pages = 467 | awards = | isbn = 978-0-671-24110-0 | oclc = 61201839 | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | native_wikisource = | wikisource = }}The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court is a 1979 book by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong. It gives a "behind-the-scenes" account of the United States Supreme Court during Warren Burger's early years as Chief Justice of the United States. Using Woodward's trademark writing technique involving "off-the-record" sources, the book provides an account of the deliberations leading to some of the court's more controversial decisions from the 1970s. Among the cases with substantial treatment in the book was the decision in United States v. Nixon (1974), where the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon was legally obligated to turn over the Watergate tapes. In 1985, upon the death of Associate Justice Potter Stewart, Woodward disclosed that Stewart had been the primary source for The Brethren.[1] The book's sources are highly critical of Burger as Chief Justice, especially in comparison to his predecessor, Earl Warren. Burger is described by other Justices as pompous, devious, and intellectually inferior. The book is also critical at various points of William O. Douglas, who is portrayed as having gone from one of America's greatest jurists to a "nasty, petulant, prodigal child" who was overly political, and is also occasionally critical of another liberal stalwart, Thurgood Marshall, for his intellectual laziness and apathy. The book does frequently lend out praise to other Justices though. Stewart, who was one of the primary sources for the book, is portrayed in a positive light, as is William J. Brennan, the acknowledged leader of the liberal bloc of justices, both for his intelligence as well as his amiable, friendly personality. The book also issued some particular praise for Justices Harlan and Powell. References1. ^Garrow, David J. The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court. Publication: Constitutional Commentary, June 22, 2001 at Access my Library. {{Bob Woodward}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brethren, The}}{{US-hist-book-stub}} 4 : 1979 books|Books by Bob Woodward|History books about the United States|History of the Supreme Court of the United States |
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