Law: Sharp Blows at the High Bench

Much ado about The Brethren—and another "inside"book

Tell-it-all books on the Supreme Court may yet become a new publishing genre. Sales of The Brethren, the gossipy, 467-page "inside" look at the high bench by Watergate Sleuth Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong, have soared since it was released by Simon & Schuster in December. Now the court is about to be shaken further by a book that may draw even more attention, if only because it was written by someone who really did have firsthand knowledge of the institution's personalities and practices: Justice William O....