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What if a younger, hotter Judge Judy was elected to the Supreme Court? That’s the basic premise of Supreme Courtship, a toothy and timely political satire from the pen of Christopher Buckley, progeny of the late lamented William F.

Donald P. Vanderdamp is a lame-duck president with approval ratings in the twenties. After two of his best Supreme Court appointments are blocked by Dexter Mitchell, a smooth-smooth politician angling for the job, Vanderdamp decides to nominate Pepper Cartwright, the popular host of Courtroom Six, a hit reality TV show. For Vanderdamp, it’s a brilliant coup: the Senate wouldn’t dare reject an appointee so beloved of the nation’s voters. [Read more...]