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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/528665984 Title: Scorpions : the battles and triumphs of FDR's great Supreme Court justices Author: Noah Feldman Publisher: New York : Twelve, ©2010. ISBN/ISSN: 9780446580571 0446580570 OCLC:528665984

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Scorpions : the battles and triumphs of FDR's great Supreme Court justices

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Scorpions : the battles and triumphs of FDR's great Supreme Court justices

Author:	Noah Feldman
Publisher:	New York : Twelve, ©2010.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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."--
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Named Person:	Felix Frankfurter; Hugo LaFayette Black; Robert Houghwout Jackson; William O Douglas; Franklin D Roosevelt
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Noah Feldman Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780446580571 0446580570
OCLC Number:	528665984
Description:	xii, 513 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	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.
Responsibility:	Noah Feldman.
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A group biography of the relationship between FDR and four of his Supreme Court justices: Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, Robert Jackson, and William O. Douglas, written by one of the most brilliant Read more...

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