The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court »

Cliff Sloan is a former Supreme Court clerk and former publisher of Slate Magazine. He has written about the Supreme Court for many publications, including Newsweek, The Washington Post, and Slate, and frequently appears on television and radio to discuss the Court. He lives in Virginia.

David McKean is a top-level Senate aide and a veteran political strategist, and the author of Friends in High Places and Tommy the Cork. He lives in Washington, D.C.

A riveting re-creation of a pivotal moment in American history: when tyranny threatened our new democracy, and one man fought for the Founding Fathers’ vision of a nation ruled by laws.

The Washington Post - David C. Frederick

In The Great Decision, Cliff Sloan and David McKean draw primarily on secondary sources, along with some contemporary newspaper accounts, to paint a vivid picture of intense political conflicts between the Federalists and Jeffersonians. In so doing, they skillfully present the reader with a political thriller…their book provides a colorful description of the tumultuous times in which the Court rendered its landmark judgment.