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Auteur(s) : Simon, James F. (1938-....)
Titre(s) : FDR and Chief Justice Hughes [Texte imprimé] : the president, the Supreme Court, and the epic battle over the New Deal / James F. Simon
Publication : New York : Simon and Schuster, 2012
Description matérielle : 461 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Comprend : Prologue --"An ; honest, fearless, square man" -- ; "Rising star" -- ; "Common sense
idealism" -- ; Searching for the next Jefferson --"An ; emergency more serious than
war" -- ; "Black Monday" --"A ; stratosphere of icy certainty" --The ; "most dangerous,
implacable enemy" --"The ; great arsenal of democracy" --Epilogue
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
The dramatic story of the struggle between FDR and Chief Justice Hughes that decided
the fate of the New Deal ; Roosevelt and Chief Justice Hughes' fight over the New
Deal was the most critical struggle between an American president and a chief justice
in the twentieth century. The confrontation threatened the New Deal in the middle
of the nation's worst depression. The activist president bombarded the Democratic
Congress with a fusillade of legislative remedies that shut down insolvent banks,
regulated stocks, imposed industrial codes, rationed agricultural production, and
employed a quarter million young men in the Civilian Conservation Corps. But the legislation
faced constitutional challenges by a conservative bloc on the Court determined to
undercut the president. Chief Justice Hughes often joined the Court's conservatives
to strike down major New Deal legislation. Frustrated, FDR proposed a Court-packing
plan. His true purpose was to undermine the ability of the life-tenured Justices to
thwart his popular mandate. Hughes proved more than a match for Roosevelt in the ensuing
battle. In grudging admiration for Hughes, FDR said that the Chief Justice was the
best politician in the country. Despite the defeat of his plan, Roosevelt never lost
his confidence and, like Hughes, never ceded leadership. He outmaneuvered isolationist
senators, many of whom had opposed his Court-packing plan, to expedite aid to Great
Britain as the Allies hovered on the brink of defeat. He then led his country through
World War II to become the greatest president of the twentieth century. -- Publisher
description
Sujet(s) : Hughes, Charles Evans (1862-1948)
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
New Deal
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1933-1945
Etats-Unis. Supreme court -- 1900-1945
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781416573289. - ISBN 1416573283. - ISBN 9781416573296 (pbk.). - ISBN 1416573291
(pbk.). - ISBN 9781416578895 (ebook). - ISBN 1416578897 (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42757560x
Notice n° :
FRBNF42757560
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