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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454146403321

Autore

Leuchtenburg William Edward <1922->

Titolo

The Supreme Court reborn [[electronic resource] ] : the constitutional revolution in the age of Roosevelt / / William E. Leuchtenburg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

0-19-802715-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (363 p.)

Disciplina

347.3073509

347.732609

Soggetti

Judges - United States - History

Constitutional history - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-330) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; One: Mr. Justice Holmes and Three Generations of Imbeciles; Two: Mr. Justice Roberts and the Railroaders; Three: The Case of the Contentious Commissioner; Four: The Origins of Franklin D. Roosevelt's ""Court-packing"" Plan; Five: FDR's ""Court-packing"" Plan; Six: The Case of the Wenatchee Chambermaid; Seven: A Klansman Joins the Court; Eight: The Constitutional Revolution of 1937; Nine: The Birth of America's Second Bill of Rights; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

For almost sixty years, the results of the New Deal have been an accepted part of political life. Social Security, to take one example, is now seen as every American's birthright. But to validate this revolutionary legislation, Franklin Roosevelt had to fight a ferocious battle against the opposition of the Supreme Court--which was entrenched in laissez faire orthodoxy. After many lost battles, Roosevelt won his war with the Court, launching a Constitutional revolution that went far beyond anything he envisioned. In The Supreme Court Reborn, esteemed scholar William E. Leuchtenburg explores th