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FDR's gambit : the court packing fight and the rise of legal liberalism /

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When Franklin Roosevelt proposed adding up to six new justices to the Supreme Court in 1937, a firestorm exploded. FDR was accused of 'Court packing,' dictatorial ambitions, political trickery, undermining the rule of law, and undercutting judicial independence. Drawing upon extensive arch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kalman, Laura, 1955- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945.
United States. > Supreme Court > History > 20th century.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945
United States. > Supreme Court
Judges > Selection and appointment > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1933-1945.
Judges > Selection and appointment
Politics and government
United States
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History
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