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**ThatвЂ™s Washington, DC, for those of us outside the beltway. But that doesnвЂ™t take away from the fact that Buckley was raised on this stuff, and can be funny about it. I probably wouldnвЂ™t agree with either man on anything, including day of the week, just on principle. Buckley, Jr., which makes him a true American political scion. *Yes, Christopher BuckleyвЂ™s work stands on its own, but itвЂ™s hard to separate his political sensibility from the fact that his father was William F. This counts for the Book Blogger Abroad 2011 Challenge, as it was recommended by yours truly! So thanks to Judith at leeswammes for hosting! A solid 3 out of 5 stars вЂ“ probably 4 if youвЂ™re the kind of person who actually enjoys watching 24-hour news channels when thereвЂ™s no particular disaster to follow. It just wasnвЂ™t as sharp as Thank You for Smoking, or as gut-wrenchingly funny as Boomsday, but it does represent a broadening of social themes for Buckley, which I enjoyed. If you like BuckleyвЂ™s other books, you definitely will not be disappointed with Supreme Courtship, as I wasnвЂ™t. But then, this is a novel about the Supreme Court, where things change at a glacial pace. At times it seemed like a long time between laughs. And Latina bombshell Ramona Alvilar represented a very nasty and hackneyed stereotype.

The romantic angle of the novel was weak вЂ“ so weak it made me squirm a bit. Unfortunately, not all of the book hangs together that well. I actually hope Buckley gets back to Santamaria in another book вЂ“ the character deserved more time! First-timers appearing before the Court for oral argument had been known to wet their pants and even faint under his withering questions and commentary (p. DidnвЂ™t nitpick-disemboweled you and flossed his teeth with your intestines. Silvio Santamaria didnвЂ™t take yes for an answer. He was brilliant, with a wit as caustic as drain cleaner good company if you were in his camp and look out if you werenвЂ™t. And Silvio Santamaria, clearly a send-up of the most despicable justice with whom I share an alma mater вЂ“ Antonin Scalia вЂ“ is a brilliant tribute to excess: ThereвЂ™s one exchange among justices made up almost entirely of Latin legalese that had me laughing out loud in the library. ThereвЂ™s something here for everyone, especially news junkies.

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Throwing caution to the wind for once, he nominates TV judge Pepper Cartwright, a wisecracking, gun-toting, Prada-wearing Texas icon to the Court.*** Along with the arcane nature of Constitutional law, Buckley also expounds on reality TV, populism, and the nature of marriage. President Vanderkamp, a terribly earnest and therefore thoroughly disliked Ohioan, becomes miffed when two of the finest jurists of the age are turned down for a seat on the Supreme Court because Dexter Miller, the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wants the job himself. And maybe thatвЂ™s all you can expect from political satire. the US Supreme Court вЂ“ seem hilarious! Well, at least hilarious some of the time. Christopher Buckley, ultimate Washington insider,* really understands life вЂњinside the beltway.вЂќ** Which is why he manages to make вЂњnine old farts sending footnotes to each otherвЂќ вЂ“a.k.a.

You have to really understand a culture to crystallize the humor in it. Humor is about the hardest thing to translate.