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Supreme power : Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court / Jeff Shesol.

by Shesol, Jeff.

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New York, NY : W.W. Norton, c2010.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Political and social views.

United States. Supreme Court -- History -- 20th century.

Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.

9780393064742 (hardcover)

0393064743 (hardcover)

x, 644 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

Recounts Franklin Roosevelt's fight during his first term with a narrow conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court who struck down several key elements of the New Deal legislation--forever transforming the political and constitutional landscape, saving the New Deal, splitting the Democratic Party, and ushering in an era of Republican dominance.

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