Nothing embodied Franklin D. Roosevelt’s campaign to lastingly
embed the New Deal in the major institutions of American government
more than his effort to pack the Supreme Court. Vaulting Ambition,
the inaugural volume in the Landmark Presidential Decisions series,
presents a balanced assessment of FDR’s 1937 effort to
fundamentally change the highest court in the land.Unlike most work
on the subject, Michael Nelson centers his study on the
president’s series of decisions to reform the Court, rather than
on the Court’s responses. At the heart of the book is an
analytical narrative of FDR’s crusade to expand the Court and
pack it with those sympathetic to his cause. While keeping this
story front and center, Vaulting Ambition also presents the
Court-packing effort as part of FDR’s larger campaign to shape
the executive branch bureaucracy, Congress, the Supreme Court, and
the Democratic Party all in service to enduringly entrench the New
Deal into US government and politics. Although FDR never achieved
the mastery over the entire federal government that he sought, his
efforts to expand and transform the three branches of government
and the Democratic Party were of great consequence and endured long
beyond his tenure. Nelson offers a clear understanding of how
FDR’s campaign sheds essential light on today’s raging
controversy over changing the Supreme Court.
General
Imprint: |
University Press of Kansas
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2023 |
Authors: |
Michael Nelson
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
144 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7006-3412-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-7006-3412-6 |
Barcode: |
9780700634125 |
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