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Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court

Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court

Paperback

20th Century United States HistoryGeneral LawUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 0393338819
ISBN13: 9780393338812
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Mar 14 2011
Pages: 656
Weight: 1.85
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Beginning in 1935, the Supreme Court's conservative majority left much of FDR's agenda in ruins. The pillars of the New Deal fell in short succession. It was not just the New Deal but democracy itself that stood on trial. In February 1937, Roosevelt struck back with an audacious plan to expand the Court to fifteen justices--and to pack the new seats with liberals who shared his belief in a living Constitution.

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