Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme CourtW. W. Norton & Company, 2011 M03 14 - 512 pages "A stunning work of history."—Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of No Ordinary Time and Team of Rivals Beginning in 1935, the Supreme Court's conservative majority left much of FDR's agenda in ruins. The pillars of the New Deal fell in short succession. It was not just the New Deal but democracy itself that stood on trial. In February 1937, Roosevelt struck back with an audacious plan to expand the Court to fifteen justices—and to "pack" the new seats with liberals who shared his belief in a "living" Constitution. |
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... Supreme Court - the Court as it was , and the Court as he hoped it would be soon . " The time for action , " Roosevelt told the group , had come ; their confrontation with the Court could no longer be postponed . " Unpleasant as it is ...
... Supreme Court - the Court as it was , and the Court as he hoped it would be soon . " The time for action , " Roosevelt told the group , had come ; their confrontation with the Court could no longer be postponed . " Unpleasant as it is ...
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... Supreme Court justices. On the theory that old men have delicate stom- achs, Henrietta Nesbitt, the Roosevelts' housekeeper, served only the mildest fare: consommé, filet of sole, green peas, and ice cream. Tonight, however, there was a ...
... Supreme Court justices. On the theory that old men have delicate stom- achs, Henrietta Nesbitt, the Roosevelts' housekeeper, served only the mildest fare: consommé, filet of sole, green peas, and ice cream. Tonight, however, there was a ...
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Jeff Shesol. Chapter. Two. STORM. CENTER. I. F THE SUPREME COURT in 1933 was the quietest place in the nation's capital ... Supreme Court itself : its growing power and , according to the Court's critics , its rightward lurch ...
Jeff Shesol. Chapter. Two. STORM. CENTER. I. F THE SUPREME COURT in 1933 was the quietest place in the nation's capital ... Supreme Court itself : its growing power and , according to the Court's critics , its rightward lurch ...
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... Court had done in his absence. Progressive senators of both parties took to the floor and, with surprising ferocity, assailed the Court as a political body, made up of politically minded men. “The Supreme Court is not only determining ...
... Court had done in his absence. Progressive senators of both parties took to the floor and, with surprising ferocity, assailed the Court as a political body, made up of politically minded men. “The Supreme Court is not only determining ...
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... Supreme Court are molders of policy , rather than imper- sonal vehicles of revealed truth . " The clamor did not subside with Hughes's confirmation ( by a vote of 52-26 ) . Three months later , the Senate , still roiling , refused ...
... Supreme Court are molders of policy , rather than imper- sonal vehicles of revealed truth . " The clamor did not subside with Hughes's confirmation ( by a vote of 52-26 ) . Three months later , the Senate , still roiling , refused ...
Contents
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SEVEN The Last Thin Line | 107 |
EIGHT Black Monday | 127 |
NINE Opening Gun | 147 |
FOURTEEN Plans and Purposes | 239 |
FIFTEEN Warning Bell | 259 |
seventeen The Beginning of | 291 |
twentythree Blood or Ink | 416 |
twentyfour The Switch in Time | 429 |
twentyseven To Fight Against God | 479 |
epilogue We Have Only Just Begun to Fight | 501 |
Acknowledgments | 531 |
ELEVEN Slow Poison | 173 |
TWELVE A Project of Great Importance | 199 |
THIRTEEN NoMansLand | 218 |
Bibliography | 603 |
Index | 617 |
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