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050 00 $aKF8744$b.F45 2010
082 00 $a347.73/2634$aB$222
100 1 $aFeldman, Noah,$d1970-
245 10 $aScorpions :$bthe battles and triumphs of FDR's great Supreme Court justices /$cNoah Feldman.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bTwelve,$cc2010.
300 $axii, 513 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [485]-497) and index.
505 0 $aIn the club -- Anarchy -- Disease and the man -- Upstate -- Southern pride -- Out of the west -- Collapse -- Security and securities -- The subpoena -- Art and taxes -- Court packing -- Switch in time -- Ambition -- The skeleton -- Original intent -- Anschluss -- The sheriff --The pledge -- Of gurus and vice presidents -- Destroyers and bases -- The sword -- And the war came -- The saboteurs -- Faith -- Internment -- A disaster -- Succession -- The death of fathers -- Justice at Nuremberg -- The final solution -- Things fall apart -- Originalism -- Crisis and rebirth -- The constitution abroad -- The Communist councilman -- The battle of Foley Square -- Clear and present danger -- Seizure -- The zone of twilight -- Segregation -- The Brown puzzle -- Deliberate speed -- The individualists -- Ex Machina -- Last act -- Hollow men -- Kaddish -- The pine box -- The wilderness : and a triumph.
520 $a""Scorpions" tells the story of four great justices: their relationship with Roosevelt, with each other, and with the turbulent world of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. It also serves as a history of the modern Constitution itself, exploring the constitutional battles of the Roosevelt era (1940s and 1950s) and their contemporary relevance."--$cUnedited summary from book.
650 0 $aJudges$zUnited States$vBiography.
600 10 $aFrankfurter, Felix,$d1882-1965.
600 10 $aBlack, Hugo LaFayette,$d1886-1971.
600 10 $aJackson, Robert Houghwout,$d1892-1954.
600 10 $aDouglas, William O.$q(William Orville),$d1898-1980.
600 10 $aRoosevelt, Franklin D.$q(Franklin Delano),$d1882-1945.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010007788-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010007788-d.html