Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court
Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court

Author: Jeff Shesol

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2011-03-14

Total Pages: 673

ISBN-13: 0393079414

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"A stunning work of history."—Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of No Ordinary Time and Team of Rivals Beginning in 1935, the Supreme Court's conservative majority left much of FDR's agenda in ruins. The pillars of the New Deal fell in short succession. It was not just the New Deal but democracy itself that stood on trial. In February 1937, Roosevelt struck back with an audacious plan to expand the Court to fifteen justices—and to "pack" the new seats with liberals who shared his belief in a "living" Constitution.

American Default
American Default

Author: Sebastian Edwards

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2019-09-10

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0691196044

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The untold story of how FDR did the unthinkable to save the American economy.

The Hughes Court
The Hughes Court

Author: Michael E. Parrish

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2002-07-11

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1576077373

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An in-depth analysis of the workings and legacy of the Supreme Court led by Charles Evans Hughes. Charles Evans Hughes, a man who, it was said, "looks like God and talks like God," became chief justice in 1930, a year when more than 1,000 banks closed their doors. Today the Hughes Court is often remembered as a conservative bulwark against Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. But that view, according to author Michael Parrish, is not accurate. In an era when Nazi Germany passed the Nuremberg Laws and extinguished freedom in much of Western Europe, the Hughes Court put the stamp of constitutional approval on New Deal entitlements, required state and local governments to bring their laws into conformity with the federal Bill of Rights, and took the first steps toward developing a more uniform code of criminal justice.

Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney
Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney

Author: James F. Simon

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2007-11-20

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0743250338

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The clashes between President Abraham Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney over slavery, secession, and the president's constitutional war powers are vividly brought to life in this compelling story of the momentous tug-of-war between these two men during the worst crisis in American history.

The New Deal
The New Deal

Author: Michael Hiltzik

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-09-13

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 1439154481

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From first to last the New Deal was a work in progress, a patchwork of often contradictory ideas.

What Kind of Nation
What Kind of Nation

Author: James F. Simon

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2003-03-10

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0684848716

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The bitter and protracted struggle between President Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States, is the focus of this unbiased assessment of their lasting impact on American government.

Justice and Faith
Justice and Faith

Author: Greg Zipes

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2021-04-26

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0472038532

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Frank Murphy was a Michigan man unafraid to speak truth to power. Born in 1890, he grew up in a small town on the shores of Lake Huron and rose to become Mayor of Detroit, Governor of Michigan, and finally a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. One of the most important politicians in Michigan’s history, Murphy was known for his passionate defense of the common man, earning him the pun “tempering justice with Murphy.” Murphy is best remembered for his immense legal contributions supporting individual liberty and fighting discrimination, particularly discrimination against the most vulnerable. Despite being a loyal ally of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, when FDR ordered the removal of Japanese Americans during World War II, Supreme Court Justice Murphy condemned the policy as “racist” in a scathing dissent to the Korematsu v. United States decision—the first use of the word in a Supreme Court opinion. Every American, whether arriving by first class or in chains in the galley of a slave ship, fell under Murphy’s definition of those entitled to the full benefits of the American dream. Justice and Faith explores Murphy’s life and times by incorporating troves of archive materials not available to previous biographers, including local newspaper records from across the country. Frank Murphy is proof that even in dark times, the United States has extraordinary resilience and an ability to produce leaders of morality and courage.

Those Angry Days
Those Angry Days

Author: Lynne Olson

Publisher: Random House Incorporated

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 1400069742

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Traces the crisis period leading up to America's entry in World War II, describing the nation's polarized interventionist and isolation factions as represented by the government, in the press and on the streets, in an account that explores the forefront roles of British-supporter President Roosevelt and isolationist Charles Lindbergh. (This book was previously featured in Forecast.)

The Brethren
The Brethren

Author: Bob Woodward

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-05-31

Total Pages: 717

ISBN-13: 1439126348

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The Brethren is the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action. Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secrecy to give us an unprecedented view of the Chief and Associate Justices—maneuvering, arguing, politicking, compromising, and making decisions that affect every major area of American life.

Eisenhower vs. Warren
Eisenhower vs. Warren

Author: James F. Simon

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2018-04-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0871407558

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The epic 1950s battle that would shape the legal future of the civil rights movement is chronicled here for the first time. The bitter feud between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Chief Justice Earl Warren framed the tumultuous future of the modern civil rights movement. Eisenhower was a gradualist who wanted to coax white Americans in the South into eventually accepting integration, while Warren, author of the Supreme Court’s historic unanimous opinion in Brown v. Board of Education, demanded immediate action to dismantle the segregation of the public school system. In Eisenhower vs. Warren, two-time New York Times Notable Book author James F. Simon examines the years of strife between them that led Eisenhower to say that his biggest mistake as president was appointing that “dumb son of a bitch Earl Warren.” This momentous, poisonous relationship is presented here at last in one volume. Compellingly written, Eisenhower vs. Warren brings to vivid life the clash that continues to reverberate in political and constitutional debates today.