But those looking for clever lawyerly jokes about how the Supreme Court functions will be disappointed the interactions he gives them could for the most part happen just as well at a local PTA, and so he doesn't exploit the setting as much as fans of Supreme Court gossip would like. The scenes of Supreme Court discussions could have been the most incisive, and he does provide a loose caricature of Justice Scalia, and a few scenes are amusing. But the novel doesn't reach the heights of Buckley's best work, where the satire actually sheds some light on the current political scene. It's entertaining, and the main characters are humanized by their personal lives and tragedies, so we have some reason to care about what happens.
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Her husband is furious at her for leaving her popular TV show, and he convinces Buddy Bixby to star in a new series, POTUS, with himself playing the President. Yet when Pepper actually gets on the Supreme Court, she finds she can barely keep up with the discussions and she does not know which sides to take, yet she is also the deciding vote in crucial cases. The Senators on the Judiciary Committee find themselves outwitted and humiliated by Pepper Cartwright with her Texas sass.
Acerbic and sexy TV Judge Pepper Cartwright is getting tired of her TV producer husband Buddy Bixby who does not love her enough and President Donald Vandercamp is deeply unpopular with the electorate, and the Senate has rejected his previous two nominees for the Supreme Court. The premise is a promising one: what would happen if a popular TV judge were put on the Supreme Court? There's plenty of scene setting to create a situation that makes it at least conceivable that she would want the position, the President would think it a good idea, and the Senate would approve it. Another political comedy from Buckley (author of Boomsday, Thank You for Smoking, and many others), Supreme Courtship is satisfying so long as you are not expecting too much.
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