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In this sweeping and revealing insider study, Seth Stern and
Stephen Wermiel shine a bright light on the life, career, and
thought of William Brennan (1906–1997), widely considered the
Supreme Court’s most influential twentieth-century justice, as
well as its greatest liberal and preeminent strategist. Stern and
Wermiel make available for the first time a striking new view of
Brennan based on what Jeffrey Toobin has called “a coveted set of
documents”—Justice Brennan’s very personal case histories of
the major battles that confronted the Supreme Court during the past
half century. Roe v. Wade, affirmative action, the death penalty,
obscenity law, and the constitutional right to privacy are among
the many controversial and hotly-contested big-picture issues
covered in the Brennan annals. But they also provide more intimate
glimpses of Brennan’s surprising refusal to hire female clerks,
even as he wrote groundbreaking opinions relating to women’s
rights; the complex tension between his commitment to law and his
Catholic beliefs; and new details on his unprecedented working
relationship with Chief Justice Earl Warren. Drawing upon
Wermiel’s rare access to the Brennan case histories, half of
which will not be released to the public until 2017, and his more
than sixty hours of one-on-one interviews with Justice Brennan
himself, the authors have crafted a compelling portrait of a
judicial giant, filled with details and insights that will further
cement Brennan’s reputation as an epic playmaker during the
Court’s most liberal era.
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