Out of Order : Stories from the History of the Supreme Court

from Anniik

I was very disappointed by this book. Being written by a Supreme Court Justice, I expected it to be more than it was - possibly to have some insider knowledge and interesting political ideas about the cases O'Connor had tried.What I got was a book that any college student could write after a seme...

from DavidWineberg

Superficial but Disappointing Out of Order is far from it. It is a highly structured, superficial and trivial summary of the history of the Supreme Court. It continually returns to the era of George Washington, first to list all the Supreme Court justices named by every president, in order, and t...

from sammii507

I was very disappointed by this book. Being written by a Supreme Court Justice, I expected it to be more than it was - possibly to have some insider knowledge and interesting political ideas about the cases O'Connor had tried.What I got was a book that any college student could write after a seme...

from lanewillson

Were I to tell you that the history behind the Supreme Court of the United States getting it's first frozen yogurt machine was mesmerizing, you would ask me for a drug screen. Were I to tell you that the court's first justices traveled the nation's roads, more like paths really, in order to hear ...

from Pretear

I have to echo the other reviews, this book was not what I hoped. It was repetitive. Some stories are repeated several times throughout the text. And while I loved the colorful stories and factual information, particularly the section on SCOTUS humor, the book was ultimately very basic and lacked...