"Biskupic, an accomplished and well-sourced journalist, knows the
court as well as anyone now covering it... In her new book Biskupic has
done something different and a good deal harder. She has written a group
narrative that combines close accounts of the court's public business in
the Trump years with a history of its private dramas and conflicts...
The deeper message of 'Nine Black Robes' is that even with a new
president in office we remain captive to the Age of Trump... A quiet
urgency ripples through this informative, briskly paced and gracefully
written book." --New York Times Book Review
"Biskupic opens a window onto the opaque, insular world of the
justices to show an institution sinking gradually into crisis . . .
Biskupic is a longtime chronicler of the court, and "Nine Black Robes"
puts on display her connections within its chambers." --Washington
Post
"[Biskupic] knows how to make news and illuminate the personalities
atop the judicial org chart . . . The book reveals unseen sausage-making
. . ." --Wall Street Journal
"Fascinating and informative . . . [Biskupic's] long experience
covering the court . . . has put her in an incomparable position to
comment on its make-up, historical positions and direction. It has also
made her privy to many significant, little-known secrets about Supreme
Court personalities and their historical behaviors." --The National
Book Review
CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst Joan Biskupic provides an urgent and
inside look at the history-making era in the Supreme Court during the
Trump and post-Trump years, from its seismic shift to the Right to its
controversial decisions, including its reversal of Roe v. Wade, based on
access to all the key players.
Nine Black Robes displays the inner maneuverings among the Supreme
Court justices that led to the seismic reversal of Roe v. Wade and a
half century of women's abortion rights. Biskupic details how rights are
stripped away or, alternatively as in the case of gun owners, how rights
are expanded. Today's bench--with its conservative majority--is
desperately ideological. The Court has been headed rightward and
ensnared by its own intrigues for years, but the Trump appointments
hastened the modern transformation. With unparalleled access to key
players, Biskupic shows the tactics of each justice and reveals switched
votes and internal pacts that typically never make the light of day, yet
will have repercussions for generations to come.
Nine Black Robes is the definitive narrative of the country's highest
court and its profound impact on all Americans.
