The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court

By Jeffrey Toobin

Categories: Law, Politics & Social Sciences

The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court (2012) is a book by legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin. It opens with Chief Justice John Roberts garbling the oath of office at Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration, which led to a private do-over. Toobin presents the moment as a prelude to the ideological conflict between the Obama administration and the Roberts Court, examining decisions such as Citizens United and the ruling that upheld the Affordable Care Act. The book was a New York Times bestseller.

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