The court at war : FDR, his justices, and the world they made
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New York : PublicAffairs, 2023.
Physical Desc
viii, 484 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Okemos - Non-Fiction
347.730350922 Sloan
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347.730350922 Sloan
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LC Subjects
Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
United States. -- Supreme Court -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
United States. -- Supreme Court -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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Published
New York : PublicAffairs, 2023.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes notes, bibliographical references (page 363-468) and index.
Description
"By the summer of 1941, in the ninth year of his presidency, Franklin Roosevelt had molded his Court. He had appointed seven of the nine justices—the most by any president except George Washington—and handpicked the chief justice. But the wartime Roosevelt Court had two faces. One was bold and progressive, the other supine and abject, cowed by the charisma of the revered president. The Court at War explores this pivotal period. It provides a cast of unforgettable characters in the justices—from the mercurial, Vienna-born intellectual Felix Frankfurter to the Alabama populist Hugo Black; from the western prodigy William O. Douglas, FDR’s initial pick to be his running mate in 1944, to Roosevelt’s former attorney general and Nuremberg prosecutor Robert Jackson. The justices’ shameless capitulation and unwillingness to cross their beloved president highlight the dangers of an unseemly closeness between Supreme Court justices and their political patrons. But the FDR Court’s finest moments also provided a robust defense of individual rights, rights the current Court has put in jeopardy." --publisher's website
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sloan, C. (2023). The court at war: FDR, his justices, and the world they made (First edition.). PublicAffairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sloan, Cliff. 2023. The Court At War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made. PublicAffairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sloan, Cliff. The Court At War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made PublicAffairs, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sloan, Cliff. The Court At War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made First edition., PublicAffairs, 2023.
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