The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right by Linda Greenhouse is an in-depth and comprehensive look at the Supreme Court's decades-long transformation into a conservative force. Covering the...

Evan Thomas (Author) When the Supreme Court unanimously ruled against President Nixon in the famous 1974 Watergate Tapes Case that doomed his presidency, Nixon cursed the justices he had appointed. The myth grew that Nixon had failed to significantly move the Court to right. In their compelling, elegantly written analysis, two brilliant legal scholars (and clear-eyed explainers) convincingly demolish that myth.