Scorpions : the battles and triumphs of FDR's great Supreme Court justices / Noah Feldman.
Feldman, Noah, 1970-
2010
KF8744 .F45 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Scorpions : the battles and triumphs of FDR's great Supreme Court justices / Noah Feldman.
Author Feldman, Noah, 1970-
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780446580571
0446580570
Imprint New York : Twelve, c2010.
Language English
Description xii, 513 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number KF8744 .F45 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 347.73/2634 B
Summary ""Scorpions" tells the story of four great justices: their relationship with Roosevelt, with each other, and with the turbulent world of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. It also serves as a history of the modern Constitution itself, exploring the constitutional battles of the Roosevelt era (1940s and 1950s) and their contemporary relevance."-- Unedited summary from book.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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In the club
Anarchy
Disease and the man
Upstate
Southern pride
Out of the west
Collapse
Security and securities
The subpoena
Art and taxes
Court packing
Switch in time
Ambition
The skeleton
Original intent
Anschluss
The sheriff
The pledge
Of gurus and vice presidents
Destroyers and bases
The sword
And the war came
The saboteurs
Faith
Internment
A disaster
Succession
The death of fathers
Justice at Nuremberg
The final solution
Things fall apart
Originalism
Crisis and rebirth
The constitution abroad
The Communist councilman
The battle of Foley Square
Clear and present danger
Seizure
The zone of twilight
Segregation
The Brown puzzle
Deliberate speed
The individualists
Ex Machina
Last act
Hollow men
Kaddish
The pine box
The wilderness : and a triumph.

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