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Books : Supreme Courtship |
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446579827
ISBN: 0446579823
Label: Twelve
Manufacturer: Twelve
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 285
Publication Date: September 03, 2008
Publisher: Twelve
Studio: Twelve
Sales Rank: 8998
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President of the United States Donald Vanderdamp is having a hell of a time getting his nominees appointed to the Supreme Court. After one nominee is rejected for insufficiently appreciating To Kill A Mockingbird, the president chooses someone so beloved by voters that the Senate won't have the guts to reject her -- Judge Pepper Cartwright, the star of the nation's most popular reality show, Courtroom Six.
Will Pepper, a straight-talking Texan, survive a confirmation battle in the Senate? Will becoming one of the most powerful women in the world ruin her love life? And even if she can make it to the Supreme Court, how will she get along with her eight highly skeptical colleagues, including a floundering Chief Justice who, after legalizing gay marriage, learns that his wife has left him for another woman.
Soon, Pepper finds herself in the middle of a constitutional crisis, a presidential reelection campaign that the president is determined to lose, and oral arguments of a romantic nature. Supreme Courtship is another classic Christopher Buckley comedy about the Washington institutions most deserving of ridicule. (2008)
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In bestselling author Christopher Buckley's hilarious novel, the President of the United States, ticked off at the Senate for rejecting his nominees, decides to get even by nominating America's most popular TV judge to the Supreme Court.
President Donald Vanderdamp is having a hell of a time getting his nominees onto the Supreme Court. After one nominee is rejected for insufficiently appreciating To Kill a Mockingbird, the president chooses someone so beloved by voters that the Senate won't have the nerve to reject her--Judge Pepper Cartwright, star of the nation's most popular reality show. Will Pepper, a vivacious Texan, survive a Senate confirmation battle? Will becoming one of the most powerful women in the world ruin her love life? Soon, Pepper finds herself in the middle of a constitutional crisis, a presidential reelection campaign that the president is determined to lose, and oral arguments of a romantic nature. Supreme Courtship is another classic Christopher Buckley comedy about the Washington institutions most deserving of ridicule.
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An Essay from Christopher Buckley
 Somewhere in this brilliant, hilarious, impossible-to-put-down--to say nothing of moderately priced--new book of mine, the narrator notes that appointing a Supreme Court justice is pretty much the most consequential thing a president can do, short of declaring nuclear war; more to the point, that this fact is generally pointed out every four years by whoever is running second in the presidential election.
The Supreme Court is by any definition the most important branch of government. Who else has the power to say--without fear of being contradicted by someone higher up the food chain--"Congratulations, you just won the presidential election, even though the other guy got more votes!" Or, "We really feel awful about this, but you have to be lethally injected tonight at midnight."? If you're on the Supreme Court, you are the top of the food chain.
I've written satires about other Washington institutions. It never occurred to me to try one about the Supreme Court, for the reason that I never found it particularly funny. It was my editor, Jonathan Karp, who suggested it, and if the book turns out to be a stinkeroo and bombs, I am going to petition the Court to have him lethally injected.
At some point, while scratching my noggin and trying to come up with some way into a satire about the Marble Palace, I scribbled on a legal pad (how appropriate is that?): Judge Judy on the Court.
I called Karp and ran it past him. He laughed, which I always take as a good sign, since he doesn't laugh at 99 out of 100 of my genius ideas.
My Judge Judy is a sexy Texan named Pepper Cartwright. She was an actual judge before she became a TV hottie. How, you ask, did she get on the Court in the first place? Well, it all starts on page one where--did I mention how moderately priced the book is?
--Christopher Buckley
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"Supreme Courtship" is an amusing, fast, lightweight read. Twelve Press, however, is in dire need of a decent proofreader--this thing is riddled with typographical errors.
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After rejecting all the president's nominees to the supreme court, mainly for frivolous reasons, the president decides to nominate a beautiful and popular TV Judge.
This hilarious and quick to read satire had me tickled and entertained from the first page to the last. Loved the dialogue and the storyline. Not to be taken to seriously--why would you, it's satire--you're sure to enjoy Buckley's latest.
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I really debated about how to rate this book. Quality wise it is not 4 stars, but in terms of entertainment value it certainly is. I guess I would not make a good judge!
Regardless, Mr. Buckley is up to his usual tricks satirizing all things Washington DC. I have read a lot of Buckley lately (see my recent reviews) and this was the most enjoyable of the lot. I have found, with a few exceptions, that Buckley's novels have moments of brilliance and I find myself totally engaged. Then he does ... Read More
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Too overdone, but amusing anyway. Many points of law had to be overlooked to make the plot work.
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I am a fan of Buckley's writing and believe he produces some of the best and most consistent political satire to be found on bookstore shelves today. This was another good book by Buckley, who has a real knack for finding the right characters and molding them into situations that read like they are almost reality. And, he did it again. While this won't tease your brain, it should cause some serious giggles, if not downright laughter. A great book for the political junkie on your list or for a long ... Read More
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