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A judicial history and analysis of F. D. Roosevelt's four most important Supreme Court appointments: Hugo Black, William Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, and Robert Jackson.

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Twelve
Language
English

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Subjects
Judges, Biography, Supreme Court, constitutional law
People
Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965), Robert Jackson (1911-1977), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), Hugo LaFayette Black (1886-1971), William O. Douglas (1898-1980)
Places
United States
Times
1880-1970

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Table of Contents

Introduction Page xi
One. Contacts
1. In the Club Page 3
2. Anarchy Page 13
3. Disease and the Man Page 33
4. Upstate Page 40
5. Southern Pride Page 51
6. Out of the West Page 60
Two. Power
7. Collapse Page 71
8. Security and Securities Page 74
9. The Subpoena Page 83
10. Art and Taxes Page 93
11. Court Packing Page 103
12. Switch in Time Page 115
13. Ambition Page 122
Three. Judges
14. The Skeleton Page 133
15. Original Intent Page 144
16. Anschluss Page 152
17. The Sheriff Page 164
Four. Allies
18. The Pledge Page 177
19. Of Gurus and Vice Presidents Page 187
20. Destroyers and bases Page 194
Five. Loyalties
21. The Sword Page 209
22. And the Ware Came Page 211
23. The Saboteurs Page 215
24. Faith Page 226
25. Internment Page 235
26. A Disaster Page 243
Six. Betrayals
27. Successors Page 257
28. The Death of Fathers Page 265
29. Justice at Nuremberg Page 275
30. The Final Solution Page 285
Seven. Fracture
31. Thinkgs Fall Apart Page 305
32. Orginalism Page 310
33. Crisis and Rebirth Page 317
34. The Constitution Abroad Page 329
Eight. Communism
35. The Communist Councilman Page 337
36. The Battle of Foley Square Page 340
37. Clear and Present Danger Page 345
38. Seizure Page 354
39. The Zone of Twilight Page 360
Nine. Betrayal and Fulfillment
40. Segregation Page 371
41. The Brown Puzzle Page 374
42. Deliberate Speed Page 382
43. The Individualists Page 389
44. Ex Machina Page 396
45. Last Act Page 406
Epilogue. After the Roosevelt Court
46. Hollow Men Page 411
47. Kaddish Page 417
48. The Pine Box Page 421
49. The Wilderness-and a Triumph Page 425
Acknowledgments Page 435
Notes Page 437
Bibliography Page 485
Index Page 499

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
New York
Genre
Biography

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
347.73/2634, B
Library of Congress
KF8744 .F45 2010

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xii, 513p.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24110418M
ISBN 13
9780446580571
LCCN
2010007788
OCLC/WorldCat
528665984

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