Supreme power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court
Book 2376/Completed: 4/14/2011
Author: | Shesol, Jeff. Supreme Court / Jeff Shesol. | Edition: | 1st ed. | Published: | New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton, c2010. | Description: | x, 644 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. | LC Call No.: | KF8742.S495 2010 | Dewey No.: | 347.73/2609 22 | ISBN: | 9780393064742 (hardback) | | 0393064743 (hardback) | Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 603-615) and index. | | Complete control -- Storm center -- Shortcuts -- The dying of the light -- Heavy bombardment -- The golden ruling -- The last thin line -- Black Monday -- Opening gun -- Vigilantes -- Slow poison -- A project of great importance -- No-man's-land -- Plans and purposes -- Warning bell -- Preserve, protect, defend -- The beginning of the end of everything -- The first wedge -- Punch drunk -- The real mischief -- This new roar -- The yielding -- Blood or ink -- The switch in time -- Consent -- Striking a blow for liberty -- To fight against God -- We have only just begun to fight. | Subjects: | United States. Supreme Court -- History -- 20th century. | | Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- History -- 20th century. | | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. | | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Political and social views. |
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