In this engaging and illuminating narrative of the Supreme Court, David M. O'Brien shows students how the Court is a "storm center" of political controversy, where personality, politics, law, and justice come together to help determine the course of public policy and shape the society in which we live. NEW coverage highlights events that have dominated news headlines, like Donald Trump's appointments to the Court and the landmark decision for marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges , making this the most exciting edition of Storm Center yet. David O'Brien was a Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer professor at the Woodrow Wilson department of government and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia. He received his PhD, MA, and BA degrees in philosophy and political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and was the author of numerous books, including Constitutional Law and Politics and Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics , winner of the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award.