The politician's path "On behalf of the strong in opposition to the weak" The era of good feelings The legacy of appendix E The ballad of Lilly Ledbetter The war against precedent The hunter Lawyers, guns, and money The unrequited bipartisanship of Barack Obama Wise Latina Money talks Samuel Alito's question The rookie The ninety-page swan song of John Paul Stevens "With all due deference to separation of powers" The retired justices dissent Softball politics The tea party and the justice's wife The Thomas court "Democracy is not a game" "You should do it." Broccoli The swing vote Epilogue: the Roberts court