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An edition of Scorpions: the battles and triumphs of FDR's great Supreme Court justices (2010)

Scorpions

the battles and triumphs of FDR's great Supreme Court justices

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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

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xii, 513p.

ID Numbers

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

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