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In the years before World War II, Franklin Roosevelt's fiercest, most unyielding opponent was neither a foreign power nor "fear itself." It was the U.S. Supreme Court. Beginning in 1935, in a series of devastating decisions, 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. The ensuing fight was a firestorm that engulfed the White House, the Court, Congress, and the nation. The final verdict was a shock. It dealt FDR the biggest setback of his political life, split the Democratic party, and set the stage for a future era of Republican dominance. Yet the battle also transformed America's political and constitutional landscape, hastening the nation's march into the modern world. - Jacket flap.
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Politics and government, Political questions and judicial power, United States. Supreme Court, Political and social views, United States, History, Roosevelt, franklin d. (franklin delano), 1882-1945, United states, supreme court, United states, politics and government, 20th centuryPlaces
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Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court
2011, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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Supreme power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court
2010, W.W. Norton
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