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Author O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-2023.

Title Out of order : stories from the history of the Supreme Court / Sandra Day O'Connor.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Random House, c2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  347.732 OCo    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xviii, 233 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Looming large : historic intersections of the president and the Supreme Court -- The call to serve : judicial appointments -- A house is not a home : the journey to One First Street -- Humble beginnings : the first decade of the United States Supreme Court -- Itinerant justice : riding circuit -- The Supreme Court's changing jurisdiction -- Golden tongues : oral advocacy before the court -- Customs and traditions of the court -- Some laughs on the bench -- Larger-than- life justices -- Gone but not forgotten : judicial retirement -- Supreme Court "firsts".
Source NBK 4/13 PPL
Subject United States. Supreme Court -- History.
United States. Supreme Court -- Anecdotes.
Courts of last resort -- United States -- History.
Courts of last resort -- United States -- Anecdotes.
ISBN 9780812993929 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9780812993936 (ebook)

 
    
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