FDR and Chief Justice Hughes: The President, the Supreme Court, and the Epic Battle Over the New Deal
“A spectacular book, brilliantly conceived and executed – an illuminating window into the question of the ages: Who has the power? The President, Congress or the Supreme Court?”—Bob Woodward“Franklin Roosevelt once called Charles Evans Hughes the finest politician in the United States. In this marvelously written, meticulously researched study, James F. Simon demonstrates why that was so. He also shows that except for their brief confrontation in 1937, in which Hughes prevailed, these two former governors of New York shared a deep affection for one another. Together they led the United States into the modern era.”—Jean Edward Smith, author ofFDRandJohn Marshall: Definer of a Nation“The story of this relationship, as historically significant as any between a President and Chief Justice, is brilliantly unfurled by James Simon. Fresh, often moving, and hugely readable, it's a textbook case of statesmanship - and politics - at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue."—Richard N. Smith, author ofThe Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormickArthur Schlesinger, Jr., onLincoln and Chief Justice Taney:“James F. Simon has written an exciting and notable book where Abraham Lincoln and Roger B. Taney, the president and the chief justice, two men of the highest intelligence and passionate judgment, argued the future of this democratic republic.”Joseph J. Ellis,The New York Times Book ReviewonWhat Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall:“A study of the political and legal struggle between these icons of American history….A major contribution….A model of the narrative history written by someone who knows the law.”