Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court
Hardcover
2010 · New York, New York
by Shesol, Jeff
New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc, 2010. Hardcover. VG / VG- (Very light wear to extremities of dj.). Burgundy paper over boards; Black paper at spine; BW pictorial dj. with white and gold lettering; 644 pp.; 28 bw figures. Details the Supreme Court's attempts to cut off at the knees FDR's New Deal, and his subsequent expansion of the Court and attempt to pack it with his supporters; A good read to further understand FDR's presidency, the Supreme Court, and America as it approached the midcentury mark. (Inventory #: 130432)