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I'm watching this on CTV..so far it's been pretty good..but they have on this lib defense lawyer now
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/books/reviews/20021115_doyle.html
Martin Garbus, Courting Disaster: The Supreme Court and the Unmaking of American Law (Times Books, 2002)
In his new book Courting Disaster, well-known New York attorney Martin Garbus offers a liberal's appraisal of the current Supreme Court. Not surprisingly, he is deeply dismayed.
Garbus's book is a polemic, albeit one that raises interesting questions about the process of constitutional adjudication. As such, it will appeal to those Court watchers who are interested in the relationship between law and society, and who desire a legal system reflective of liberal values.
Other readers, however, will be left wanting a more balanced consideration of the issues than Garbus provides.
An Acknowledgment of Bias Undermines Any Hope of Objectivity
Garbus, a veteran trial lawyer, makes his position unequivocally clear at the start of the book. Early in the first chapter, he proclaims, "I acknowledge my bias as to what the law is, and what our Constitution stands for." That bias, clearly, is a liberal one - and it inevitably shades Garbus's examination of the Justices and of the opinions they deliver
Kate Stetson.....Mentor not just a teacher...Supported her...praised her....Decent, gentlemanly way, never strident,....Mentions parenthood/law firm associate...his support.