FDR v. the Constitution : the court-packing fight and the triumph of democracy /

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 found...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Solomon, Burt
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Walker & Company, [2009]
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:	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. United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945. Constitutional history > United States. Democracy > United States > History > 20th century. Political culture > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:

Nine old men
Laissez-faire
The third branch
The swing vote
The conservative court
the Court plan
An ideal new dealer
Leader of the opposition
King Franklin
The voice from Olympus
A switch in time
The heat of democracy
No compromise
Out of the impasse
A good man's mind
Jefferson's last stand
Death knell
Burial
Victory.