THE LONG REACH OF THE SIXTIES: LBJ, Nixon, and the Making of the Contemporary Supreme Court

"Kalman presents an accessible, lucid brief on how our Supreme Court appointment system became the mess that it is." The author is careful not to promise she was teaching any big lessons as she covered the LBJ and Nixon appointments. The book also was published early 2017, before any Trump asshole justices. Felt it started a bit slow but got into it more later. You almost was optimistic early in the Fortas CJ nomination process, but it still seems the whole thing was a total screw-up on LBJ's part. Good but maybe not great read.