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Toobin, a new yorker staff writer, senior legal analyst for cnn, and author of books on law and justice, including the run of his life, draws on hundreds of interviews and new archival documents. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, jeffrey toobin s nonfiction masterpiece tells the whole story, from the murders of nicole brown simpson and ronald goldman to the. The supreme court he was interviewed while at the annual book publishing. The obama white house and the supreme court is a 2012 book by jeffrey toobin describing the roberts court and president obamas interactions with.
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