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| Named Person: | Franklin D Roosevelt; Franklin D Roosevelt |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jeff Shesol |
| ISBN: | 9780393064742 0393064743 9780393338812 0393338819 |
| OCLC Number: | 317919798 |
| Description: | x, 644 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Complete control -- Storm center -- Shortcuts -- The dying of the light -- Heavy bombardment -- The golden ruling -- The last thin line -- Black Monday -- Opening gun -- Vigilantes -- Slow poison -- A project of great importance -- No-man's-land -- Plans and purposes -- Warning bell -- Preserve, protect, defend -- The beginning of the end of everything -- The first wedge -- Punch drunk -- The real mischief -- This new roar -- The yielding -- Blood or ink -- The switch in time -- Consent -- Striking a blow for liberty -- To fight against God -- We have only just begun to fight. |
| Other Titles: | Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court Franklin Roosevelt versus the Supreme Court |
| Responsibility: | Jeff Shesol. |
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Abstract:
During Franklin Roosevelt's first term, a narrow conservative majority on the US Supreme Court struck down several key elements of the New Deal legislation. The ensuing fight engulfed the country. With fresh evidence, this work presents the story.
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Written with a novelist's eye, a historian's care, and a blogger's energy, Jeff Shesol's Supreme Power is a fascinating reconstruction of one of the great political and legal battles of the twentieth century. The story of FDR's court-packing plan is a citizen's education in the twenty-first. --Jeffrey Toobin, author of The Nine Read more...
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