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Supreme Ambition

by Ruth Marcus

New York Times reviewedUnited states, politics and government, 2017-2021United states, supreme courtJudges, biographyOfficials and employeesJudgesPOLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Judicial BranchPOLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch

"Supreme Ambition is a page-turner that traces how Brett Kavanaugh deftly maneuvered to become the nominee; how he quashed resistance from Republicans who worried he was too squishy on conservative issues and from a president reluctant to reward a George W. Bush loyalist. It shows a Republican party that had concluded Kavanaugh was too big to fail, with senators and the FBI ignoring potentially devastating evidence against him. And it paints a picture of Democratic leaders unwilling to engage in the no-holds-barred partisan warfare that might have defeated the nominee. In the tradition of The Brethren and The Power Broker, Supreme Ambition is the definitive account of a pivotal moment in modern history, one that was thirty years in the making and that will shape the judicial system of America for generations to come." -- Amazon.com

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