Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393338812)

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.

Author: Jeff Shesol
ISBN-10: 0393338819
ISBN-13: 9780393338812
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 03/14/2011
Pages: 656
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 03/27/2011 pg. 28
New York Review of Books 12/08/2011 pg. 51