Title
- FDR Versus The Constitution
Attribution
Burt SolomonPublication Details
Book1st U.S. edWalker & Co2009Availability
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Description
The fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of Franklin Roosevelt?s attempt to pack the Supreme Court has special resonance today as we debate the limits of presidential authority. Burt Solomon skillfully recounts the major New Deal initiatives of FDR?s first term and the rulings that overturned them, chronicling as well the politics and personalities on the Supreme Court?from the brilliant octogenarian Louis Brandeis, to the politically minded chief justice, Charles Evans Hughes, to the mercurial Roberts, whose ?switch in time saved nine.? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. — (Franklin Delano), — 1882-1945
- United States. — Supreme Court — History — 20th century
- Judges — Selection and appointment — United States — History — 20th century
- Law — Political aspects — United States — History — 20th century
- Executive power — United States — History — 20th century
- Separation of powers — United States — History — 20th century
- Constitutional history — United States
- Democracy — United States — History — 20th century
- Political culture — Washington (D.C.) — History — 20th century
- United States — Politics and government — 1933-1945
Notes
- This fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of Franklin Roosevelt’s attempt to pack the Supreme Court recounts the major New Deal initiatives of FDR’s first term and the rulings that overturned them, offering a reminder of the perennial temptation toward an imperial presidency that the founders had always feared
ISBN
- 9780802715890
- 0802715893
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