Now on booktv an encore presentation of our Signature Program booknotes. Max boot appeared on booknotes in 1998 to discuss out of order. In the book mr. Boot uses anecdotes and statistics to support his argument that judges have greatly damaged the criminal and Civil Justice systems in the United States. This is about an hour. Cspan max boot, author of out of order, what is your book about . Guest its about power and the abuse of power, brian. Its about one of the mostpowerful branches of the american government, the judiciary, and about how they wield all this influence, all this power, all this authority and have very little accountability to go with it. And what i write about is how this has resulted in a real disaster, i think, for america and for the legal system, in particular. Its led to what i call a revolving door in the criminal justice system. Its led to what people call a lawsuit lottery in the Civil Justice system. And its also led to a loss of democracy in constitutional
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