Franklin D. Roosevelt and the transformation of the Supreme Court / Stephen K. Shaw, William D. Pederson, and Frank J. Williams, editors.

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Book
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English
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Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2004.
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271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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Even Eleanor Roosevelt, according to one biographer of the former president, would "shake her head and say that she could not imagine what had led her husband to follow such a disastrous course" as his "court-packing" scheme of 1937. Comprising ten essays, the third volume to be derived from Louisiana State University's "FDR After 50 Years" conference of September 1995 explores that political debacle and other, more successful, efforts to influence the Supreme Court and U.S. law. Annotation ♭2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • Introduction / Stephen K. Shaw
  • [Pt.] I. The Supreme Court: image and reality. Franklin Roosevelt and the Supreme Court : a new deal and a new image / Barbara A. Perry and Henry J. Abraham ; Was there a constitutional revolution in 1937? / Roger W. Corley ; The battle to save the Court / James C. Duram
  • [Pt.] II. The Roosevelt Court, law, and politics. FDR and Charles Evans Hughes : president versus chief justice / Kenneth M. Holland ; The nomination and confirmation of Hugo L. Black to the U.S. Supreme Court : the Shreveport reaction / Elaine T. King ; Felix Frankfurter's transition to the judicial role / William D. Bader ; "An interesting game of poker" : Franklin D. Roosevelt, William O. Douglas, and the 1944 vice presidential nomination / James L. Moses
  • [Pt.] III. Constitutional law as applied to politics : the Roosevelt legacy. Federalism, the Roosevelt coalition and civil rights : FDR's political leadership / Donald W. Jackson and James W. Riddlesperger, Jr. ; Present at the creation : The Roosevelt Court, religion and the First Amendment / Stephen K. Shaw ; The Roosevelt Court and the changing nature of American liberalism : an uncertain legacy / Harvey G. Hudspeth
  • Cultural chronology.
ISBN
0765610329 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2002066944
OCLC
49626495
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H - S
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