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Based in the networks new york bureau, toobin joined cnn in april 2002. The couple first met at the harvard crimson while working in college. Jeffrey toobin, staff writer for the new yorker and senior legal analyst at cnn, discusses the relationship between the obama administration and chief justice john roberts and the u. A magna cum laude graduate of harvard law school, he lives with his family in new york.
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A conversation with jeffrey toobin about his new book the oath. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the oath. Watch dershowitzs former student challenge his argument. After reading the nine i could not resist reading the oath. The first is that former constitutional law professor barack obama and current chief justice john roberts have fundamentally opposed theories of. The obama white house and the supreme court by jeffrey toobin doubleday toobin presses this thesis throughout the book, but its too stark to be entirely convincing. Toobins book is timed to coincide with the presidential election less than two months away. There are two theses running through the oath, jeffrey toobins followup to his 2008 supreme court profile, the nine. A skillful probing of the oftendiscordant relationship between the president and the supreme court. From the moment chief justice roberts botched barack obamas oath of office, the relationship. The obama white house and the supreme court by jeffrey toobin doubleday. Jeffrey toobin is a staff writer at the new yorker, senior legal analyst at cnn, and the bestselling author of the oath.
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