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Jeffrey Toobin visited the Google New York office recently to discuss his new book “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court.” In this 45-minute video, he talks about a wide range of Supreme Court-related subjects.

“They are very cordial to each other,” Toobin says. “They are very correct, polite. They are not particularly close friends.”

Toobin mentions some of the interests of the Justices, as well. “Clarence Thomas has maybe the most interesting hobby of them all. Clarence Thomas, about six years ago, adopted a great nephew who was about eight years old at the time. For entertainment, he bought this gigantic RV which he calls ‘The Bus’. This huge RV. And he and his family tavel around the country, usually in the South, spending the night in WalMart parking lots.”

He also highlights what he said was the one decision that has impacted the court the most.

“They came away from Bush v. Gore rather shellshocked and disturbed about the place of the Court in public life and I think that worry was one factor that pushed Kennedy and O’Connor to the left,” he says.

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