Vaulting Ambition: Fdr's Campaign to Pack the Supreme Court

by Michael Nelson

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700635351
• ISBN13: 9780700635351
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"