Five Chiefs

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens recounts his experiences with Chiefs Vinson, Warren, Burger, Rehnquist and Roberts. While generally good-natured, the memoir has an element of score-settling, especially with Rehnquist on the subject of sovereign immunity. The inside baseball doesn't always appeal (an explanation of the color-coding of briefs folders, for example), but peeks into the workings of the court are useful. And who knew that each justice is provided with a spittoon?