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If you do doubt it then read jeffrey toobins latest book the oath the obama white house and the supreme court doubleday new york 2012 toobin writes about the high court as well as anyone living his first book on the court the nine relied extensively on interviews with court clerks and perhaps the justices themselves. Jeffrey toobins the oath the obama white house and the supreme court is a fabulous interesting look into the inner workings of the us supreme court under its current chief justice john roberts who wants to push for a less regulated economic environment in keeping with current republican and tea party philosophy. The subtitle of the oath is the obama white house and the supreme court far less attention is paid the former than the latter toobins focus is primarily on the contemporary court of which john roberts is the chief justice his story really centers on the supreme courts treatment of three prominent cases inviting constitutional. The oath the obama white house and the supreme court is more a history of the current supreme court than of the relationship between president obama and the court however that relationship does play a vital part of the book. From the moment john roberts the chief justice of the united states blundered through the oath of office at barack obamas inauguration the relationship between the supreme court and the white