Scorpions the battles and triumphs of FDR's great supreme court justices
Feldman, Noah
Scorpions the battles and triumphs of FDR's great supreme court justices Noah Feldman. - New York Twelve 2010 - xii,513p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-497) and index.
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.
""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."--
9780446699280 9780446580571 hbk.
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965.
Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971.
Jackson, Robert Houghwout, 1892-1954.
Douglas, William O. 1898-1980.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945.
Judges--United States--Biography.
347.732634 FE-S
Scorpions the battles and triumphs of FDR's great supreme court justices Noah Feldman. - New York Twelve 2010 - xii,513p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-497) and index.
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.
""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."--
9780446699280 9780446580571 hbk.
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965.
Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971.
Jackson, Robert Houghwout, 1892-1954.
Douglas, William O. 1898-1980.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945.
Judges--United States--Biography.
347.732634 FE-S