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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... president began to inform several top advisers about his plan. All were astounded; some were distraught. One senior ... president's men expected it would— Roosevelt's motives would stand exposed and his integrity, they feared ...
... president began to inform several top advisers about his plan. All were astounded; some were distraught. One senior ... president's men expected it would— Roosevelt's motives would stand exposed and his integrity, they feared ...
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... president—were, inevitably, devoid of excitement. Particularly when the guests were Supreme Court justices. On the theory that old men have delicate stom- achs, Henrietta Nesbitt, the Roosevelts' housekeeper, served only the mildest ...
... president—were, inevitably, devoid of excitement. Particularly when the guests were Supreme Court justices. On the theory that old men have delicate stom- achs, Henrietta Nesbitt, the Roosevelts' housekeeper, served only the mildest ...
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... president's fiercest critic on the Court , was known to have vowed " never [ to ] resign as long as that crippled son- of - a - bitch is in the White House . " This was the first presidential dinner invitation that McReynolds had ...
... president's fiercest critic on the Court , was known to have vowed " never [ to ] resign as long as that crippled son- of - a - bitch is in the White House . " This was the first presidential dinner invitation that McReynolds had ...
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... president, a new Congress, the promise of a New Deal—and yet the same old Court, made up of the same old men, placed there by presidents past. The mostly vacant lot across the street from the Capitol, the huge cavity in the earth ...
... president, a new Congress, the promise of a New Deal—and yet the same old Court, made up of the same old men, placed there by presidents past. The mostly vacant lot across the street from the Capitol, the huge cavity in the earth ...
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... president (spe- cifically, the power to turn a code into a law) was unprecedented. It was also unconstitutional—at ... president's codemaking authority went “so far beyond the bounds of constitutionality that it would be useless ...
... president (spe- cifically, the power to turn a code into a law) was unprecedented. It was also unconstitutional—at ... president's codemaking authority went “so far beyond the bounds of constitutionality that it would be useless ...
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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