Title:
Supreme ambition : Brett Kavanaugh and the conservative takeover / Ruth Marcus.
Author:
Marcus, Ruth, 1958 May 15- author.
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
©2019
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KF8745.K38 M373 2019
Abstract:
"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
Summer, 2018. With the power of the #MeToo movement behind her, a terrified but composed Christine Blasey Ford walked into a Senate hearing room to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Democrats were accused of a 'calculated and orchestrated political hit.' But Marcus goes behind the scenes to document the thirty-year mission by conservatives to win a majority on the Supreme Court-- and the lifelong ambition of Kavanaugh to secure his place in that victory. On the way, she uncovers secret White House meetings, intense lobbying efforts, private confrontations on Capitol Hill, and lives forever upended on both coasts. -- adapted from jacket
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Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
ISBN:
9781982123864
Physical Description:
viii, 482 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents:
Prologue: The beneficiary -- Part one: The choice -- The missing man -- Making the list -- The swing justice departs -- The not-so-invisible primary -- A thorn in the flesh -- No rebel, no cause -- Right turn -- White House years -- Auditioning -- Part two: The fight -- An impending sense of doom -- Nothing about this is normal -- Paddling in -- Bathroom summit -- Second accuser -- Eternity -- Indelible in the hippocampus -- By the book -- The vote -- Epilogue: The aftermath -- Final thoughts: Zeal to win.
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