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Scorpions : the battles and triumphs of FDR's great Supreme Court justices / Noah Feldman.

Feldman, Noah, 1970- (Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780446580571
ISBN: 0446580570
Physical Description: xii, 513 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Twelve, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-497) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.