TY  - BOOK
AU  - Solomon,Burt
TI  - FDR v. the Constitution: the court-packing fight and the triumph of democracy 
SN  - 0802715893
AV  - KF 8742 S689f 2009
U1  - 347.73/2609 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Walker & Co.
KW  - Roosevelt, Franklin D.
KW  - Roosevelt, Franklin D. 
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Corte Suprema
KW  - Politique et pouvoir judiciaire
KW  - âEtats-Unis
KW  - 1900-1945
KW  - ram
KW  - Juges
KW  - Sâelection et nomination
KW  - Judges
KW  - Selection and appointment
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Jueces
KW  - Selección y nombramiento
KW  - Siglo XX
KW  - Law
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Derecho
KW  - Aspectos políticos
KW  - Historia
KW  - Executive power
KW  - Separation of powers
KW  - Separación de poderes
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - Historia constitucional
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Democracia
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1933-1945
KW  - Política y gobierno
N1  - Bibliogr. p. 323-326. Index; Nine old men -- Laissez-faire -- The third branch -- The swing vote -- The conservative court -- The court plan -- An ideal New Dealer -- Leader of the opposition -- King Franklin -- The voice from Olympus -- A switch in time -- The heat of democracy -- No compromise -- Out of the impasse -- A good man's mind -- Jefferson's last stand -- Death knell -- Burial -- Victory
N2  - This fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of Franklin Roosevelt's attempt to pack the Supreme Court recounts the major New Deal initiatives of FDR's first term and the rulings that overturned them, offering a reminder of the perennial temptation toward an imperial presidency that the founders had always feared
ER  -