FDR v. the Constitution : the court-packing fight and the triumph of democracy /
Franklin Delano Roosevelt versus the Constitution
Burt Solomon.
- New York : Walker & Co., 2009.
- viii-337 p.-[16] f. of pl.) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliogr. p. 323-326. Index.
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
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.
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