Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court"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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User Review - spounds - LibraryThingI feel like I knew the broad theme of this book before, but I didn't realize all the details. It was a very prescient book given the issues with the Supreme Court today. It gave me ma lot to think about. Read full review
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Contents
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| 8 | |
| 24 | |
three Shortcuts | 42 |
four The Dying of the Light | 60 |
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 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court |
| Author | Jeff Shesol |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0393079414, 9780393079418 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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