Jeremy

Remarkably inaccurate

Revisado: 05-13-17

Imagine a play by Ann Coulter about Barack Obama. Pretty bad, right? This is that bad.

The vast majority of the lines by Scalia are contrary to his well-documented positions and the basic rules for Originalism. Just YouTube one of his lectures! The author creates a strawman that can easily be knocked down by misattributing positions and motivation. Kinda like how Coulter discusses Obama.

The young, liberal law clerk who challenges Scalia at every step is written as the most sympathetic character, in contrast to the Evil Scalia. It's stunningly bad.

But the last 30 minutes is an interview with former clerks, and it dispels and undoes everything the play attempts to do; namely, dishonestly portraying the basic rules for Originalism and the judges who follow it still (it used to be orthodoxy as the way to ensure an enduring Constitution and democracy).

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The book is not about femisnism; it's about people

Revisado: 06-29-16

I'm not what you would call a feminist. But I appreciate good insight. This book often focuses on her realizing her incorrect snap judgments about people and life. And she gained that by traveling in very unappealing circumstances, in low-brow vehicles.

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Touching and funny

Revisado: 04-22-16

Glad he didn't go for the quick joke. Very balanced. Makes you like him as a person and think about humanity and frailty.

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I'd listen to it again

Revisado: 03-30-16

I was going to give this only 4 stars and till the last chapter. This is highly entertaining.

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Highly entertaining

Revisado: 03-22-16

You will never find a book like this. I can't wait to buy the book so I can find and share the clever--and politically oncorrect--observation of Colin growing up in Brooklyn. He focuses on how stereotypes are true, that we should deal with them, and that there are some silver linings to negative stereotypes. I plan on buying several copies for friends.

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Fantastic and non-bias

Revisado: 03-14-16

Toobin has amazing access to materials for this book. It is also amazing how many conflicts and irrelevant issues affected the outcome.

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Good stories, not so much on making connections

Revisado: 02-14-16

Fun stories. Better than most books I've purchased on Audible. But when he tries to connect his stories to why atheism rules supreme, then it reminds me of what happens to lawyers when they get out of law school and get in front of a judge for the first time. After they are done making their arguments, you see this look in a judge's eyes before she says, "Counselor, I think you are failing to take into consideration that . . ." And that's what happens when he tries to connect his stories into where religious people screw up. He isn't as bad as most atheist commenters on religion, but he's such an interesting and smart guy that it annoys me a little bit when he makes some of his arguments. All said, he would be fun to go on a road trip.

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Highly misleading

Revisado: 01-20-16

Have you ever been told something, and later found out that person purposefully withheld a crucial fact that changed everything? Tribe withhold (spins) in almost every case he spends time on. I'm generally politically moderate and an attorney, so I knew Tribe would put a leftward slant on the Court. But this book takes the cake. Passive agressive compliments to Justices he typically disagrees with. Mocking tones when quoting statements he disagrees with. Constantly referring to Originalism but not defining it (!?!?). Referencing broad concepts without spending time on the conterbalancing concept (freedom and order, for example). I named my kid after Alan Dershowitz, but I still can't tolerate such a misleading bend in the name of liberalism. Only redeaming quality is at least you hear about some interesting cases and some dots are connected.

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Should be mandatory listening

Revisado: 12-13-15

Loved it. Very rich with information different points of view, and personality. Should be mandatory listening.

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A remarkable life, regardless of your politics

Revisado: 05-07-15

Amazing and well-written. I'm a conservative Mormon attorney who loves Dershowitz. I had no idea just how involved he was with such important historical events.

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