Title: Packing the Court
Subtitle: T/K
First published: December 23, 2008
Description: 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.
Subjects: Constitutional history, Politics and government, Judges, Selection and appointment, Democracy, Political culture, Separation of powers, United States, Law, United States. Supreme Court, Executive power, History, Political aspects