Increasing nerdiness

One of the books I've read in the last few years that has really stuck with me was The Nine by Jeffery Toobin.  After reading it, I felt like this whole secret world of the Supreme Court has been opened to me and I have the code to better understand what happens in the court.  I was listening to Nina Tottenburg on NPR yesterday, and thought to myself "I wonder if Justice Kennedy ever gets drunk with power since he is the swing vote".  I'm not saying that I am totally obsessed with the Supreme Court, but I definitely pay much more attention to it now that I did before.  This may a combination of living in close proximity to DC and reading that book.  Or possibly being more aware of the impact Supreme Court decisions have on society.  But that seems to be more due to the landmark cases that the court has ruled on or will rule on in the near future, specifically, the healthcare law, DOMA, and the attempts to roll back the voting rights act.  And I really liked learning more about the all the justices.  It made me have a bit more respect for some Justices (especially Roberts) and legitimized my dislike for other Justices (I'm looking at you Thomas and Alito). I really want Toobin to do a follow up to include Justices Sotomayor and Kagen.  But, I will have to appease myself with his book about Obama and Roberts.  Or his back catalog, he has a book about the OJ Simpson trial that now that I know it exists, I must read!