Can I read FDR and Chief Justice Hughes : the president, the Supreme Court, and the epic battle over the New Deal on EtoBox?

FDR and Chief Justice Hughes : the president, the Supreme Court, and the epic battle over the New Deal by Simon, James F. is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is FDR and Chief Justice Hughes : the president, the Supreme Court, and the epic battle over the New Deal about?

461 pages : 25 cm, 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 be

Author

Simon, James F.

Publisher

New York : Simon & Schuster

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781416573296

Subjects

History, Law, Political Science

Rating

3.72 / 5 (46 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13