The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment That Redefined the Supreme Court

Watergate figure John Dean blows the whistle on his old boss, former president Richard Nixon, and his efforts to pack the Supreme Court through forced resignations of sitting justices -- a plan cooked up before he was even inaugurated. This is the explosive, never-before-revealed story of how William Rehnquist became a Supreme Court Justice, told by the man responsible for his candidacy.