# Protect and Defend

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- Book: [Protect And Defend](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-north-patterson/protect-and-defend) ([Protect And Defend.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-north-patterson/protect-and-defend.md))
- Authors: [Richard North Patterson](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-north-patterson)
- Publisher: ballantine_books
- ISBN: 978-03-4540-479-4
- Pages: 608
- Published: 2001-10-30
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

On a cold day in January President Kerry Kilcannon takes the oath of office-- and within days makes his first, most important move: appointing a new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Kilcannon's choice...