TY - BOOK AU - Feldman,Noah TI - Scorpions: the battles and triumphs of FDR's great supreme court justices SN - 9780446699280 U1 - 347.732634 FE-S 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Twelve KW - Frankfurter, Felix, KW - Black, Hugo LaFayette, KW - Jackson, Robert Houghwout, KW - Douglas, William O. KW - Roosevelt, Franklin D. KW - Judges KW - United States KW - Biography N1 - 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 N2 - ""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."-- ER -