|
Product Description
A tiny, ebullient Jew who started as America's leading liberal and ended as its most famous judicial conservative. A Klansman who became an absolutist advocate of free speech and civil rights. A backcountry lawyer who started off trying cases about cows and went on to conduct the most important international trial ever. A self-invented, tall-tale Westerner who narrowly missed the presidency but expanded individual freedom beyond what anyone before had dreamed.Four more different men could hardly be imagined. Yet they had certain things in common. Each was a self-made man who came from humble beginnings on the edge of poverty. Each had driving ambition and a will to succeed. Each was, in his own way, a genius.
They began as close allies and friends of FDR, but the quest to shape a new Constitution led them to competition and sometimes outright warfare. SCORPIONS tells the story of these 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.
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
- Divided by God
- Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution
- A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law
- The Will of the People: How Public Opinion Has Influenced the Supreme Court and Shaped the Meaning of the Constitution
- The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court
- The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction
- The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts
- BECOMING JUSTICE BLACKMUN
- The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President
- The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
*If this is not the "Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices" product you were looking for, you can check the other results by clicking this link. Details were last updated on Nov 23, 2024 10:45 +08.