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Scorpions : The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices by Noah Feldman is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Scorpions : The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices about?

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. <!--EndFragment-->

Who reads Scorpions : The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Noah Feldman
Publisher
Twelve
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9780446575140
Category
history
Subjects
Memoir, Law, Fiction
Rating
4.08 / 5 (1,055 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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