TY - BOOK AU - Shesol,Jeff TI - Supreme power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court SN - 9780393064742 (hardback) AV - KF8742 S554 2010 U1 - 347.73/2609 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - W.W. Norton KW - Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, KW - United States KW - Supreme Court KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Political questions and judicial power KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 603-615) and index; Complete control -- Storm center -- Shortcuts -- The dying of the light -- Heavy bombardment -- The golden ruling -- The last thin line -- Black Monday -- Opening gun -- Vigilantes -- Slow poison -- A project of great importance -- No-man's-land -- Plans and purposes -- Warning bell -- Preserve, protect, defend -- The beginning of the end of everything -- The first wedge -- Punch drunk -- The real mischief -- This new roar -- The yielding -- Blood or ink -- The switch in time -- Consent -- Striking a blow for liberty -- To fight against God -- We have only just begun to fight N2 - Chronicles Franklin Roosevelt's battle with the Supreme Court, which culminated in him trying to suppress its conservative justices by expanding the size of the court, an attempt which failed and divided the Democratic party ER -