CNN legal expert to analyze Obama, Supreme Court tension, 6:30 pm Sept. 19

Jeffrey Toobin, senior CNN legal analyst and staff writer for The New Yorker, will discuss his new book, "The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court," at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the National Press Club.

A book signing will follow the event, which is free for Club members and $5 for all guests and non-members. Seating is limited.

Purchase your tickets here. This event is a fundraiser for the NPC Journalism Institute. The author will only sign copies of the book purchased through the Club. No outside books or memorabilia are allowed.

"The Oath" is an insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.

From the moment Chief Justice Roberts blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational, according to Toobin.

Both men are young, brilliant, charismatic, charming, determined to change the course of the nation — and completely at odds on almost every major constitutional issue, Toobin asserts. One is radical; one essentially conservative.

The surprise is that Obama is the conservative — a believer in incremental change, compromise, and pragmatism over ideology. Roberts — and his allies on the Court — seek to overturn decades of precedent: in short, to undo the ultimate victory FDR achieved in the New Deal, according to Toobin.