A Good Quarrel: America's Top Legal Reporters Share Stories from Inside the Supreme Court

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A Good Quarrel AGoodQuarrel AMERICA’S TOP LEGAL REPORTERS SHARE STORIES FROM INSIDE THE SUPREME COURT Timothy R. Johnson and Jerry Goldman EDITORS With a Foreword by RICHARD J. LAZARUS The University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2009 All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America c Printed on acid-free paper 2012 2011 2010 2009 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A good quarrel : America’s top legal reporters share stories from inside the Supreme Court / edited by Timothy R. Johnson and Jerry Goldman ; with a foreword by Richard J. Lazarus. p. cm. Includes index. isbn-13: 978-0-472-11636-2 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-472-11636-3 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn-13: 978-0-472-03326-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-472-03326-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. United States. Supreme Court—History—Sources. 2. Forensic orations—United States. 3. Constitutional history—United States— Sources. I. Johnson, Timothy R., 1971– II. Goldman, Jerry. kf8742.g66 2009 347.73'26—dc22 2009007716 isbn-13: 978-0-472-02200-7 (e-book) isbn-10: 0-472-02200-8 (e-book) For my dad, who instilled in me a love of politics—TRJ For J. Woodford Howard, Jr., mentor—JG I saw no man use you a pleasure; if I had, my weapon should quickly have been out, I warrant you: I dare draw as soon as another man, if I see occasion in a good quarrel, and the law on my side. —Romeo and Juliet, act II, scene 4 ...