Cliff Sloan-THE COURT AT WAR FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made
The inside story of how one president forever altered the most powerful legal institution in the country, with consequences that endure today.
By the summer of 1941, in the ninth year of his presidency, Franklin Roosevelt had molded his Court. He had appointed seven of the nine justices—the most by any president except George Washington—and handpicked the chief justice.
But the wartime Roosevelt Court had two faces. One was bold and progressive, the other supine and abject, cowed by the charisma of the revered president.
The Court at War explores this pivotal period. It provides a cast of…
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