BARBARA A. PERRY is professor and chair, Department of Government, Sweet Briar College. Professor Perry served as a Judicial Fellow at the United States Supreme Court (1994-1995), where she received the Tom C. Clark Award. Her books include A Representative Supreme Court? The Impact of Race, Religion, and Gender on Appointments (Greenwood Press, 1991), and, with Henry J. Abraham, the seventh edition of Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States (1998).

• Preface Introduction: "The Brethren" in "Closed Chambers"? The "Priestly Tribe" or "Nine Old Men"? Images of the Court during the New Deal From "Potato Hole" to "Marble Palace": How the Court Presents Itself High Priest or "Nine Scorpions"? How the Justices Present Themselves Defrocking the Priests? Media Presentations of the Court "Do the Justices Wear Clothes"? Public Perceptions of the Court Conclusion: "God Save this Honorable Court"! Selected Bibliography Index

BARBARA A. PERRY is professor and chair, Department of Government, Sweet Briar College. Professor Perry served as a Judicial Fellow at the United States Supreme Court (1994-1995), where she received the Tom C. Clark Award. Her books include A Representative Supreme Court? The Impact of Race, Religion, and Gender on Appointments (Greenwood Press, 1991), and, with Henry J. Abraham, the seventh edition of Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States (1998).

• Preface Introduction: "The Brethren" in "Closed Chambers"? The "Priestly Tribe" or "Nine Old Men"? Images of the Court during the New Deal From "Potato Hole" to "Marble Palace": How the Court Presents Itself High Priest or "Nine Scorpions"? How the Justices Present Themselves Defrocking the Priests? Media Presentations of the Court "Do the Justices Wear Clothes"? Public Perceptions of the Court Conclusion: "God Save this Honorable Court"! Selected Bibliography Index