![]() President Donald Vanderdamp is having a hell of a time getting his nominees onto the Supreme Court. 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. Supreme Courtship is another classic Christopher Buckley comedy about the Washington institutions most deserving of ridicule. 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. 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. 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. And it's refreshing to realize even accomplished (albeit fictional) attorneys have those same issues.(President of the United States Donald Vanderdamp is having a hell of a time getting his nominees appointed to the Supreme Court. I feel like the fish out of water feeling Pepper has throughout the book is one most feel at some point, especially during law school and when starting a new job or new field / area. ![]() I found during law school and now writing as a clerk, that like Pepper, you can try to build yourself up and write using big fancy "lawyerly" terms, but at the end of the day - the best way to get your point across is to do it in the way you feel most comfortable. I read this book during undergrad, again during my 1L year, and now again as a relatively new attorney working as a law clerk.ĭuring each of those periods I was (or am) struggling with communicating, especially in my writing, and was writing in a way I believed sounded more intelligent and more appropriate for a law student or lawyer, rather than writing with my own voice. One thing I really took away from Supreme Courtship, is that despite the humor in it, it had an excellent message. Supreme Courtship is another classic Christopher Buckley comedy about the Washington institutions most deserving of ridicule." ![]() “President of the United States Donald Vanderdamp is having a hell of a time getting his nominees appointed to the Supreme Court.
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