Politics and the Rehnquist Court

The Center Holds: The Power Struggle Inside the Rehnquist Court' provided "fascinating" detail of the inner workings of the Rehnquist Court. 2 He also said that I was wrong, dead wrong, in my conclusion that the center has held.3 He then discussed decisions from last term which, he conceded, were not decided when my book went to press.Nonetheless, Toobin concluded those decisions completely undermined my thesis.Jeffrey Rosen in his review of my book in the Sunday New York Times wrote that The Center Holds was "a fine book," "lively and accessible" and "meticulously researched."'It was, however, his sad duty to report that I was wrong, at least in the civil rights field, as a result of last term's conservative decisions.' Daniel Kornstein in his review of my book inThe Baltimore Sun wrote that The Center Holds was "a superb book," full of insights into the working and direction of the Rehnquist Court.' Happily, Kornstein did not say I was wrong, but he did write that I had put forward a "radical"